Coverage of the 1977 State Papers is edited by Kieran Fagan
John Bowman:Dr John Bowman is a broadcaster and historian. He is author of De Valera and the Ulster Question: 1917-1973.
Stephen CollinsStephen Collins is the political editor of The Irish Times. He edited Nealon's Guide to the 30th Dáil and 23rd Seanad, published recently by Gill and Macmillan, and is the author of People, Politics and Power: From O'Connell to Ahern, published earlier this year by O'Brien Press.
Jonathan BardonDr Jonathan Bardon OBE is the author of A History of Ulster. He lectures in history at Queen's University Belfast.
John BewDr John Bew is Harris Fellow and lecturer in modern British history at Peterhouse at the University of Cambridge. He has two books due out in 2008, Talking to Terrorists: The search for peace from Belfast to the Basque country(Hurst and Co) and The rise and fall of civic unionism in nineteenth-century Belfast(Irish Academic Press).
Eamon PhoenixDr Eamon Phoenix is principal lecturer in history at Stranmillis University College, QUB, and the author of Northern Nationalism: Nationalist Politics, Partition and the Catholic Minority in N Ireland 1890-1940. This is his 23rd successive year analysing the annual release of State papers for The Irish Times.
Alison HealyAlison Healy is an Irish Times staff reporter.