This weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Harry Greaney. At just 20 years old, Harry was told he had synovial sarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer. He's battled it not once, not twice, but three times. When doctors could no longer save his arm, Harry had to undergo an amputation.
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Caroline Kay
This week’s guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Caroline Kay. Caroline is a Dublin-born Writer, Composer, and Performer, living in London. She has released 3 EPs of original music including Overnight, which was long-listed for a Grammy Award. Caroline is currently going through her own journey after being diagnosed with cancer.
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Danny Mullins
This weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Danny Mullins. Danny Mullins is a national hunt jockey from Kilkenny. He took the Irish & UK racing world by storm with many Grade 1 winners under his belt. Blood is thicker than water in the Mullins family, with horse racing running through their veins. Danny is a son of successful trainers Tony & Mags Mullins, which makes him nephew of champion trainer Willie Mullins. As a 16-year-old, Danny had his first winner in Leopardstown with My Girl Sophie and like they say the rest is history.
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Fergus Farrell
This weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Fergus Farrell. Fergus knows what it means to hit rock bottom and to rise again. After a workplace accident in 2018 left him paralysed from the waist down, he was told he’d never walk again. But through relentless determination and a refusal to be defined by limitation, he walked out of the hospital and walked 206 Km across Ireland.
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Debbie Hally
This weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Debbie Hally. Debbie has 12 years of experience as a paramedic with the ambulance services. Debbie is Ireland’s second ever winch man working with the Irish coast guard search and rescue helicopter team. She also featured on RTE’s hit show Ultimate Hell Week.
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.