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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.
Stand Out
Hosted by Radio Kerry · ENGLISH
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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David Keohan
2w agoTap to summarizeThis 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.
Transcribe →Dee Newell
3w agoTap to summarizeThis 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.
Transcribe →Mary O'Donnell
4w agoTap to summarizeThis weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Mary O’Donnell. Mary has a Masters in Aeronautical Engineering, from a dream to become an astronaut going to space school, to a high-performance long-distance triathlete, she became Irish triathlon national champion and is now exploring aerodynamic advancements in cycling.
Transcribe →Christina Desmond
Apr 8Tap to summarizeThis weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Christina Desmond. Christina is from Cork and is a professional boxer and a full-time Garda with An Garda Síochána. She is undefeated as a professional and has won nineteen National Irish titles, including six at senior elite level, and a silver medal at the 2022 European Boxing Championships.
Transcribe →Noel Browne
Apr 1Tap to summarizeThis weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Noel Browne. Noel Browne is a retired Garda anti-gang investigator who spent 41 years fighting organised crime and worked on some of Ireland’s well-known cases during his career working as a Garda inspector as well as spending 3 years in Colombia as a Garda liaison officer. He also was part of the operation that tracked the MV Matthew container ship off the south coast of Ireland in 2023.
Transcribe →Fintan McCarthy
Mar 25Tap to summarizeThis weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Fintan McCarthy. Fintan is from Skibbereen and is an Irish lightweight rower. He is an Irish national champion, world champion and double Olympic gold medallist. Alongside Paul O’Donovan they at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where he set a new world's best time for that event.
Transcribe →Nicole Lonergan
Mar 23Tap to summarizeThis weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Nicole Lonergan. Nicole is an award winning musician. She is the solo electric violinist in the renowned Block Rockin’ Beats and a member of the all-female supergroup BIIRD, recently completing a European arena tour supporting Ed Sheeran, including performances at Dublin’s 3Arena.
Transcribe →Katie George Dunleavy
Mar 2Tap to summarizeThis weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Katie-George Dunlevy is an English born para-cyclist competing in tandem events for Ireland. Dunlevy was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa aged 11 and is registered blind. She is amongst the most successful Para Athletes ever to have represented Ireland having medalled consistently at World and Paralympic Games since 2014.
Transcribe →Celine Byrne
Mar 2Tap to summarizeThis weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Celine Byrne. Celine is from Kildare and is internationally recognised as one of the most sought-after Lyric Soprano singers having performed for presidents and in world famous venues, Claire performed to her largest audience to date of 45 K people in Rotterdam as well as some of the biggest names.
Transcribe →Séamu Lehane
Mar 2Tap to summarizeThis weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Séamus Lehane. Séamus is a comedy content creator from Limerick. Known for his observations on Irish culture, he has carved a niche. For himself in the world of comedy through sketches on social media. His content resonates with People, blending humour & relatable insights of life in Ireland.
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