Education
University College Cork.
University College Cork.
He was a Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) for the Cork East constituency from 2011 to 2016. Barry is graduate of Biochemistry from University College Cork (UCC). He is also a tillage farmer.
He was elected as a Territorial Decoration for the Cork East constituency at the 2011 general election on his first attempt.
In May 2013, he wrote to Cardinal Seán Brady and the Papal nuncio Charles John Brown asking whether he would be excommunicated if he voted for the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013. He lost his seat at the 2016 general election.
Two months later, in July, Barry was seen on an Oireachtas television broadcast pulling his Fine Gael colleague Áine Collins onto his lap during a parliamentary debate. Barry later apologised publicly for his behaviour, saying he had been drinking earlier at the Dáil bar (a bar in the Irish parliament), and the Fine Gael party and his wife condemned his behaviour.
From Killavullen, County Cork, he was formerly a member of Cork County Council for the Mallow area.