Barry Egan is a journalist at Mediahuis Ireland, serving as the Chief Feature Writer and Columnist for over 20 years at The Sunday Independent. He covers a wide range of topics including culture, arts, entertainment, health, and wellness, with a particular focus on the music business and celebrity news. Barry's work has been featured in the Irish Independent and the Belfast Telegraph.
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Barry Egan's focus is on entertainment, especially music and concerts, with a significant portion of his articles being profile features. Given this, he may be open to pitches that offer in-depth interviews or profiles of Irish artists and musicians.
Egan also covers obituaries related to the entertainment industry, so if you have insights into the lives and legacies of influential figures in Irish music or entertainment, your pitch may resonate with him.
As Barry Egan operates within a local (Ireland, Cork) geographic focus, consider tailoring your pitches to include relevance to this region. If there are local artists or events that tie into broader trends in the music industry but are specific to Ireland or Cork specifically, these would likely pique his interest.
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By: Barry Egan
Stylist and model Celia Holman Lee sits down – with husband Ger – to chat about the secret to their 60-year relationship, the value of hard work in taking her from a tough childhood on a council estate, and refusing ‘to go into debt for her boobs’
By: Barry Egan
As he takes on Up For The Match, the presenter talks RTE, career strategy and dealing with people who are a ‘pain in the hole’
By: Barry Egan
Artist is still full of surprises, as Barry Egan found out when he visited him at his Wexford home
By: Barry Egan
As he takes on Up For The Match, the presenter talks RTÉ, career strategy and dealing with people who are a ‘pain in the hole'
By: Barry Egan
As he takes on Up For The Match, the presenter talks RTÉ, career strategy and dealing with people who are a ‘pain in the hole'
By: Barry Egan
How we made: ‘Swamp Thing', 1986 “When the light of life has gone/No change for the meter,” sings Mark Burgess of The Chameleons on Swamp Thing , “And then the King of Spivs will come/Selling blood by the litre”.
By: Barry Egan
How we made: ‘Feet of a Dancer', 1985 Charlie McGettigan is most famous for winning the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland in 1994, duetting on Rock ‘n' Roll Kids with Paul Harrington.
By: Barry Egan
How we made: The Green and Red of Mayo, 1990
By: Barry Egan
How we made: The Green and Red of Mayo, 1990
By: Dónal Lynch, Barry Egan
Plus tributes from across Irish society Nobody watching Glen Hansard in the Wren's Nest in Chapelizod on Tuesday night could have imagined they were witnessing his final performance.
