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For other uses of the name 'Stokes', see Stokes.

Niall Stokes is the award-winning editor of the long-running fortnightly Ireland music and political magazine Hot Press based in Dublin. He has edited the magazine since 1977. He has been a longstanding champion of Irish music, most famously U2 in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. He was involved with The Music Show, an exhibition of the Irish music industry held in the RDS in October 2008. He was Chairman of the Independent Radio and Television Commission (now the BCI) between 1993 and 1998. He has a book called Into the Heart: The Stories Behind Every U2 Song.

He graduated from University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Alongside Neil Jordan, Stokes was a member of a band called Eyeless whilst in college. He also did some freelance work before Hot Press began. He lives with his wife, Mairin Sheehy, in Dublin.

On June 20, 2002, he appeared on an episode of Rattlebag which celebrated the 25th anniversary of Hot Press. In January 2008, he attended the recording sessions of "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" in Windmill Lane Studios. He has appeared on the interactive music series The Raw Sessions.

Stokes has also appeared as a panelist on Questions and Answers. On radio he has featured on Five Seven Live, This Week, Morning Ireland and Drivetime.

In 2007, he pursued a High Court action against Denis Desmond, Moya Doherty and John McColgan.

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