From Ballincollig to Manhattan: The remarkable career of Samantha Barry

Childhood of storytelling led the Cork native to becoming a trailblazing editor-in-chief of Glamour magazine

Samantha Barry attends The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 01, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)

After eight years leading one of the US's largest women's magazines, Cork native Samantha Barry has announced she is stepping down as editor-in-chief of Glamour and leaving the publication's parent company, Condé Nast. 

Following a tenure that began with being headhunted by one of fashion's most powerful figures, Anna Wintour, Barry's resignation comes amid a significant change for the women-focused magazine, which has struggled with profitability across several markets. It also follows a series of changes at Condé Nast, including the closure of health and fitness magazine Self, as part of the publisher's wider restructuring.