Henry McDonald is the Ireland Correspondent of The Guardian and The Observer. He has been a journalist for almost 25 years and has worked for, among others, The Sunday Times, Evening Press, Irish News, BBC Northern Ireland and Channel 5 News.

His articles have also appeared in GQ magazine, The Spectator, Welt am Sonntag in Germany. An author of six critically acclaimed non fiction books he is a regular contributor on RTE, Newstalk, BBC Radio 5 Live, Newsnight and Prime Time. He has also covered a number of conflicts as well as the Northern Ireland Troubles including the Middle East and the first Gulf War.