Age, Biography and Wiki
Niall Stokes was born on 1951 in Dublin, Ireland, is a Niall Stokes is music journalist. Discover Niall Stokes's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?
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Music journalist, editor |
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73 years old |
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1951 |
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Dublin, Ireland |
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Ireland
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Niall Stokes Height, Weight & Measurements
At 73 years old, Niall Stokes height not available right now. We will update Niall Stokes's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Niall Stokes's Wife?
His wife is Mairin Sheehy
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Mairin Sheehy |
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Niall Stokes Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Niall Stokes worth at the age of 73 years old? Niall Stokes’s income source is mostly from being a successful journalist. He is from Ireland. We have estimated Niall Stokes's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Pending |
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Under Review |
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journalist |
Niall Stokes Social Network
Timeline
Niall Stokes (born 1951 in Dublin) is a music journalist who has served as editor of the long-running fortnightly Ireland music and political magazine Hot Press based in Dublin.
He has been a longstanding champion of Irish music, most famously U2 in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s.
He has edited the magazine since 1977.
He was Chairman of the Independent Radio and Television Commission (now the BCI) between 1993 and 1998.
He has written several books, including Into the Heart: The Stories Behind Every U2 Song.
He graduated from University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Whilst in college, Stokes was a member of a band called Eyeless, alongside Neil Jordan.
He was also a freelance writer for outlets such as The Irish Times before founding Hot Press.
He lives with his wife, Mairin Sheehy, in Dublin.
On 20 June 2002, he appeared on an episode of Rattlebag which celebrated the 25th anniversary of Hot Press.
The Irish Examiner included Stokes in its top fifty list of "most important and influential people in Irish music during 2005".
In 2007, he pursued a High Court action against high-profile MCD promoter Denis Desmond and Riverdance's Moya Doherty and John McColgan in the aftermath of the Hot Press Music Hall of Fame Museum's failure.
The "substantial" court action was settled.
He was involved with The Music Show, an exhibition of the Irish music industry held in the RDS in October 2008.
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 panellist on Questions and Answers.
On radio he has featured on Five Seven Live, This Week, Morning Ireland and Drivetime.
Stokes won Editor of the Year at the 2008 PPAI Magazine of the Year Awards.
Stokes received an industry award at the 2009 Meteor Awards.
Tributes were paid by Niall Breslin, Tom Dunne, Snow Patrol, Bono and The Edge.
Niall Stokes was presented with a lifetime achievement by Magazines Ireland in 2011
8 March 2011: "Niall Stokes founded Hot Press in 1977 and has steered the magazine through over 30 years to be one of Ireland's most successful magazines. Niall launched the career of some of the most prominent journalists in Ireland" – John Mullins, Zahara Publishing & Chairperson of Magazines Ireland.
