Tom Barry (born 10 October 1968) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork East constituency from 2011 to 2016.
He is the founder and CEO of a grain drying and warehousing business in his home village of Killavullen.
He is married to Kathy Quane, a lecturer of Anatomy in UCC's School of Medicine and Health and they have three children.
[3] In May 2013, he wrote to Cardinal Seán Brady and the Papal nuncio Charles John Brown asking whether he would be excommunicated if he voted for the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013.
[4] Two months later, in July, Barry was seen on an Oireachtas television broadcast pulling his Fine Gael colleague Deputy Áine Collins onto his lap during a parliamentary debate.