Factfile: Andy Storey, development studies lecturer

Andy Storey lectures in development studies, the Centre for Development Studies, Kimmage Manor, Dublin

Andy Storey lectures in development studies, the Centre for Development Studies, Kimmage Manor, Dublin

Born: 1964, Cavan

Education: Ballyconnell Church Of Ireland primary school; Bawnboy Vocational School; TCD (1981-1985) economics degree; TCD M.Litt 1988; PhD thesis to be submitted to Queen's University Belfast, department of sociology, May 2002.

Employment: ESRI research assistant; Fitzpatrick Associates, economics consultancy; Trocβire, research adviser, based in Ireland; Trocβire, Rwanda, 1994; lecturer development studies, the Centre for Development Studies.

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Known for: chairman of Afri (Action From Ireland), a lobbying-for-justice group; campaigning against the dangers of militarisation. Opposed Ireland's involvement in European Rapid Reaction Force, NATO's Partnership for Peace; the Nice Treaty. Opposes the current US "war on terrorism".

Relaxes by: reading thrillers; favourite authors include James Lee Burke, George Pelloconos and Walter Mosely; occasional theatre-goer; plays soccer and squash.