Stand Out

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Noted for his personal motto “If you can’t Stand Up… Stand Out” Killarney native Ian O’Connell joins Radio Kerry as host of his own show called 'Stand Out with Ian O’Connell' Ian’s guests are people who have also stood out for some reason in their lives, people who have overcome challenges, represented a minority group, broken down barriers for others, excelled in some area of their lives or been an inspiration to others. Some will be well known and others not as much but all will have a positive story to tell.

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John Sharpson
This weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is John Sharpson. John is a TV Presenter and Content Creator. He is a fully qualified Primary School Teacher and enjoys showing the more humorous aspects of the job online! He is also passionate about the Irish language. He co-fronted RTÉ's 'Homeschool Hub' during the Covid 19 pandemic.
October 21 · length unknown
Seamus Harty
This weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Tralee singer and songwriter Seamus Harty. Seamus Harty is an Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his distinctive voice, acoustic performances, original folk-influenced songs and covers. He first attracted attention as a teenage busker in Kerry.
October 14 · length unknown
Declan Buggy
This weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Declan Buggy. Declan is the founder of the Irish School of DIY, a mobile practical skills business. He is a tradesman and entrepreneur who has turned his practical skills into a business teaching children, teenagers and adults how to use tools, tackle household jobs and explore careers in the trades.
October 14 · length unknown
Dj O'Sullivan
This weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Traitors Ireland star DJ O’Sullivan. DJ works in the motor trade with Newmarket Motors in Cork. He was eventually banished at a Round Table after fellow contestants suspected him of being a Traitor. He was part of the Meelin team that won an All-Ireland Junior Club title in 2011.
September 30 · length unknown
Gillian Hession
This weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Limerick woman Gillian Hession. Gillian is an Olympic weightlifter who only started the sport in her 40’s. She began training with Cork Weightlifting Club after previously doing Cross Fit and playing tennis and recently finished in 5th in the world in in her second World Weightlifting Masters Championship.
September 22 · length unknown
Sinead O' Riordan
This week’s guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Sinéad O’Riordan. Sinead is an Irish actor and producer and the founder of ORion Productions. She starred in and produced Swing Bout, which had its world premiere at the Dublin International Film Festival in 2024. It made its national television premiere on RTÉ2, airing in a prime-time slot on the eve of Katie Taylor’s recent historic Croke Park fight.
September 2 · length unknown
Dr Mark Rowe
This weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Dr. Mark Rowe. Mark is an Irish doctor, author, and keynote speaker specializing in lifestyle medicine, happiness, and burnout prevention. He Graduated from UCD School of Medicine in 1991 and has practiced general medicine for nearly 30 years.
August 26 · length unknown
Antony Mulligan
This weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Tony Mulligan. Tony has undergone four brain surgeries for a recurring brain tumor. After his second surgery, he lost his speech and had to work to regain it. Following his fourth surgery, he was left half paralyzed and spent eight months away from home in rehabilitation.
August 19 · length unknown
Ken O'Sullivan
This weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Ken O’Sullivan. Ken is an Irish underwater cameraman, documentary filmmaker, and ocean conservationist, based in Lahinch. He has spent roughly 25 years filming marine life in the Atlantic Ocean. He has filmed dolphins, blue whales, fin whales, sharks, basking sharks and deep-sea coral to name a few.
August 12 · length unknown
Lisa O'Sullivan Shaw
This week’s guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Kerry woman Lisa O’Sullivan Shaw. Lisa was born with congenital heart disease; pulmonary stenosis which led to two open heart surgeries. Lisa started modelling at 14 and won Miss Ireland and in 2002 she travelled to the Miss Universe in Puerto Rico. This is a story of hope, hardship, and resilience.
August 12 · length unknown
Elmo Mattock
This weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Elmo Mattock. Elmo is a proud Kerry man, living just outside Tralee. He is a comedic Irish content creator who enjoys making skits poking fun at our unique Irish ways. He has gained a lot of traction quickly online with many of his videos going viral across both TikTok and Instagram. With millions of views I will be chatting to Elmo about his rise on social media and the toll and pressure it can take mentally on content creators.
August 12 · length unknown
Alex Denning
Lamborghini racing driver and Motorsport Ireland Young Driver of the Year Alex Denning. Alex made history in 2025 as the first official Lamborghini driver for Ireland after winning the Lamborghini Asia Pro Championship.
August 12 · length unknown
Daragh Morgan
This week’s guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is is Daragh Morgan. Daragh is an Irish adventure athlete known for completing a record-setting swim around the entire coastline of Ireland in 5 months and 17 days. He has also run the length and width of Ireland solo and self-supported.
August 12 · length unknown
Tom Parsons
This week’s guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Tom Parsons. Top is a former Mayo footballer. He suffered what has been described as career ending, life debilitating knee injury, only to be told 2 days later medical professionals that he will be lucky to walk again. In his day job as CEO for the Gaelic Players Association, Tom represents male and female intercounty players in Ireland.
July 8 · length unknown
Paul Williams
This weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is crime Journalist and bestselling author Paul Williams. Paul is one of Ireland’s most respected journalist known for his fearless investigative reporting on organised crime and covering high profile cases. Paul lived with fulltime police protection for several years. After the 1996 murder of Veronica Guerin, Williams took over from her as crime correspondent of the Sunday World.
July 8 · length unknown
Adam Sweeney
This weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Waterford man Adam Sweeney. Adam has recently become the youngest Irish person to summit Mount Everest at just 22 years of age. Adam and his teammates were the first all-Irish crew to complete an Everest summit in over two decades. After a gruelling 47-day expedition in May of 2026.
July 8 · length unknown
Daniel Files
This weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Daniel Fildes. Daniel is an award-winning Irish wildlife photographer and a marine and freshwater biologist. He has won Irish Ocean Biodiversity Photographer of the Year and is now living the dream doing what he loves over in Vancouver, Canada.
June 3 · length unknown
Brendan Maher
This week’s guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Brendan Maher. Brendan is a former Tipperary inter-county hurler. Maher enjoyed a 13-season career, winning 3 All-Stars and was a Hurler of the Year nominee in 2010. Winning 3 All Ireland medals and 5 Munster titles before hanging up his boots in 2021 after a fantastic career in blue & yellow jersey.
April 29 · length unknown
David Keohan
This weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Waterford man David Keohan. He is single handily on a mission to revive, reanimate and document the lost Irish ancient tradition of stone lifting. Using archival information, old folklore stories and mythologies he tracks down these stones, some which haven’t been lifted for generations.
April 22 · length unknown
Dee Newell
This week’s guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Dee Newell. Dee is a open water endurance swimmer. Dee swam the English channel and was a member of the Antarctica 2020, a series of ice swimming challenges inside the Antarctic Circle. She also swam from Robben Island to Cape Town just to name a few of her achievements.

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