Barry O'Hanlon is a fictional character in the Irish soap opera Fair City, portrayed by . One of the show's original characters, Barry first appears in 1989. Barry is usually a nice guy but a little bit downtrodden. He has been summarised as "the unlucky in love ex-teacher who now runs the local paper and used to be involved with Niamh before Paul swept her off her feet (that's only the half of it)".