Orla Barry

Reporter

Orla Barry is London/Europe reporter and producer for The World. She has been a producer with the BBC World Service for six years, working on Outside Source, World Have Your Say and Newsday. Orla has been a national broadcaster on the Irish radio station Newstalk, where she presented the daily morning show and a weekend arts and culture show.

Orla has produced a series of documentaries from East Africa, including Rwanda, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda. She also presented a BBC Radio 4 documentary on the Irish women who built Britain. She previously worked as an independent producer for NBC and Arte. Orla has been a columnist with two Irish national newspapers, the Irish Examiner and the Irish Independent. She has a Master’s degree in politics and development studies.

How much will a 25% tariff hurt sales of Scotch?

PRI's The World

October 17, 2019

Distillers — and consumers — are worried about the impact of a 25% tariff on exports of Scottish whisky to the US.

Brexit

With Brexit looming, calls for Scottish independence grow

PRI's The World

October 15, 2019

Northern Ireland has dominated the Brexit negotiations over the last few months. But even if British Prime Minister Boris Johnson manages to appease those on both sides of the Irish border, there’s another problem brewing — in Scotland.

Business, Economics and Jobs

A small town in Italy offers houses for sale for less than an espresso

PRI's The World

September 16, 2019

San Piero Patti, a picturesque, Sicilian town of less than 3,000 people, is taking extreme measures to try and bring new life to the region — including selling some of its abandoned houses for less than a shot of espresso. But will it work?

Migration

Sicilian school helps migrant teenagers overcome their fear of the sea

PRI's The World

August 27, 2019

The risk of migrants dying in the Mediterranean Sea is higher than it’s ever been — 15% of migrants who boarded boats in North Africa bound for Italy in the first six months of this year drowned.

Immigration

Shopkeepers sue Sicilian Mafia in first-ever migrant-led case

PRI's The World

August 08, 2019

Nayeem's is the first case of its kind in Sicily where migrant shop-owners decided to confront the Mafia and inform the authorities

Migration

What happened to Italy’s unaccompanied migrant minors?

PRI's The World

August 01, 2019

Thousands of migrant children have been rescued off the coast of Sicily over the last four years. Many traveling alone. So, where did they go?

Protest

Aid worker jailed in Iran goes on hunger strike, husband joins from UK

PRI's The World

June 25, 2019

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested and accused of espionage while visiting her parents in Iran in 2016. To protest her imprisonment, she and her husband are conducting a joint hunger strike from her prison in Iran and from outside the Iranian Embassy in the UK.

Culture

Overtourism in Amsterdam's red-light district provokes local outrage

PRI's The World

June 12, 2019

It’s estimated over 19 million tourists visited Amsterdam last year. Residents of the city of 850,000 say overtourism has made parts of the city unbearable.

Global Politics

With far-right topping Dutch polls, EU elections could see Eurosceptics take the lead

PRI's The World

May 22, 2019

All eyes will be on the Netherlands and its exit polls Thursday night, where young and charismatic Thierry Baudet, leader of new far-right party — with plenty of controversial statements to his name — is hoping to gain seats in European parliament. Some say the rise of far-right Eurosceptic parties has fevered speculation that this week’s election results could determine the future of the European project.