Stephen Collins has been appointed Political Editor of The Irish Times.
He joined the newspaper as political correspondent last year having worked previously on the political staff of the Sunday Tribuneand the Irish Press Group. He has reported on politics for 20 years.
Educated at Oatlands College, Mount Merrion, Co Dublin, and at UCD where he graduated with an MA in Politics, he has written a number of books on political history. The most recent were Breaking the Mould: How the PDs Changed Irish Politicsand The Power Game: Ireland Under Fianna Fáil.