Victor Barry

Infobox Person
name = Victor Barry
birth_place = Cork
residence = Cork
nationality = Irish
employer = Red FM
occupation = Radio presenter, DJ
religion = Catholic

Victor "Vic" Barry (born 1976) is an Irish radio personality. He is the radio host of "Cork Talks Back" on the Cork radio station Red FM and a DJ in Ireland [http://www.redfm.ie/corktalksback/default.html] .

Career

His radio career started in early 1998 in the UCC Cork Campus Radio. Victor presented a computer show, "Byte Me", with off the wall interviews with some 'web-heads' and reviewing the latest games. He also presented "Wrestlemaniacs" the first Irish radio show based on wrestling, with call-ins and the latest WWE Raw results a week ahead of their TV screenings,Fact|date=March 2008 Vic was on the road.

He arrived in Red FM a fat mess a few months after they launched and teamed up with Charlie Wolf on Cork Talks Back, again doing an hour-long wrestling segment with Wolf. Granted it was never wrestling, just some comical banter with Charlie and the callers. About a year later Barry was asked to stand-in for Charlie Wolf on a day off, then cover some of Wolf's holidays and in April 2003 he took over the show full time. It was at this transition that ratings began to drop.

Cork Talks Back is a nightly talk show covering re-occurring topics; from local issues such as vandalism, under-age drinking, sex and everything in between. Cork listeners get a chance to sound off in a non-pompous environment. People contact the show via phone, text and email.

Vic keeps the interviews and callers entertained in his unique style, where almost anything can be asked and his quirky, off-the-wall sense of humour keeps people laughing. The Late 'N Live Top 5 is one of the many nightly features on the show where Vic comes up with an original Top 5 list each and every night. Past Top 5 Lists have included Top 5 calls to the Smoking Ban hotline, Top 5 things you'd hear on Patrick Street on a Saturday night. On occasions Vic will also pick up the phone and harass some Americans; one memorable call was to an American guy about rattlesnake riding. But in particular when it comes to Cork sport he seems to ring the opposing teams county, be it a pub or hotel and manage to get the caller to say how much their team will lose by. Crazy classifieds is another feature, where Vic goes through some of the weirder classified advertisements from the newspapers. Comedy sketches also appear on the show. Secret audio from the Kerry team bus was played on the show; an obvious sketch, but which some might find extremely funny.

Barry has drawn criticism from some quartersWho|date=March 2008 for his seeming inability to stay neutral on any on-air debate. Barry can often be noted to vigorously oppose views on certain topics while also siding with any callers he happens to agree with. During one discussion on Corks' Northside, Victor lost his cool with one caller who insulted his girlfriend, he swore at the caller before promptly cutting his line. Victor later apologised for his unprofessional behaviour.Fact|date=March 2008

Celebrity guests drop by on occasions, such as, Peter Andre, Ricky Tomlinson, Mario Andretti, David Ellery, Nancy Sinatra, Ralphie May, Paddy Casey, Mundy, Louis Walsh, Bryan McFadden, Karl Spain, Des Bishop, Anthony Worrell Thompson and plenty more.Fact|date=March 2008 Again Vic seems to have a great handle on these people, with very light and fun interviews. Also of note is his Cork Talks Star Wars special, which had some of the actors on from Episode III, namely Anthony Daniels (C3PO) and Kenny Baker (R2D2) as well as one the special effects people from Industrial Light and Magic, Willie Gieger and the producer Rick McCallum.

The view of Victor Barry is that Transition Year is considered to be a lazy year by students, as most teachers don't access their students throughout the year.cite episode
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