Orla Barry
Reporter
Orla Barry is the Europe correspondent 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.
Recent Stories
Human rights
The World
January 15, 2021
The apologies follow a five-year investigation that found an “appalling level of infant mortality” in the institutions.
Human rights
The World
January 12, 2021
The installation by artist Péter Szalay is a kneeling sculpture of the Statue of Liberty, illuminated in rainbow colors with her left hand raised in a fist. A tablet in her right hand says: “Black Lives Matter.”
The World
January 04, 2021
Britain, which formally ended its relationship with the EU on Dec. 31, has also decided to withdraw from Erasmus, an educational exchange program funded by the EU Commission.
Justice
The World
December 01, 2020
The case has gripped France even as the country battles a deadly second wave of the coronavirus.
COVID-19: The latest from The World
The World
November 12, 2020
A little over a month ago, Italy was held up as a role model for their coronavirus response in Europe. But this week, Italy surpassed 1 million confirmed coronavirus infections, becoming one of the top 10 worst-affected countries globally.
Reproductive rights
The World
October 28, 2020
Only 1,100 legal abortions are officially reported to have been carried out in Poland last year. But women’s rights groups estimate more than 200,000 women in Poland accessed abortion illegally or travelled abroad for the procedure.
Lifestyle
The World
October 22, 2020
Prior to the pandemic, Venice, Prague and Amsterdam had become so saturated with visitors that locals no longer recognized their hometowns. But with COVID-19 restrictions, residents are breathing a sigh of relief while many businesses face unprecedented losses.
Extremism
The World
October 12, 2020
As the trial for the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris enters its sixth week, some say that the sense of togetherness in France that emerged following the brutal attack didn’t last very long and that anti-Muslim rhetoric is on the rise.
Politics
The World
September 29, 2020
Supporting an American president is highly unusual for far-right politicians in Europe, but many see Donald Trump as an anti-establishment figure who rallies against elites.
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