This week’s guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is singer and song righter Jake Carter. Jake originally from Liverpool and has been living in Ireland with the last couple of years. He is the younger brother to country music start Nathan Carter. Jake won season 2 of DWTS in 2018 with his pro dance partner Karen Byrne. The couple started dating a short time after and are now living together in Dublin. In 2021, Jake launched The Jake Carter Music of School to pass on his musical expertise to the next generation.We talk bout Jakes music career, getting out of his brothers shadow, growing up in Liverpool, moving to Dublin, Dancing With The Stars and much more.

This week’s guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Jason Smyth. Jason holds T13 World records in the 100m and 200m events. He has never tasted defeat in a major Para-Athletics event since his debut in 2005! He is the acclaimed “Fastest Paralympian on the Planet”, with a glittering career which saw him win gold medals in every event in which he competed! Another phenomenal record he holds. We talk about Jason’s amazing career, him competing in this year’s “Dancing with the stars”, his Stargardt's disease and much more.

This week’s guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is proud Kerry Dáithi O Sé. Dáithi is one of Irelands most recognisable television presenter. He currently hosts RTÉ One's Today Show alongside Maura Derrane and Sinead Kennedy. He is also the current host of the Rose of Tralee festival. We will be talking about Dáithi’s life in television broadcasting, family life, the Rose of Tralee, living in Galway and much more.

This week’s guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Sarah de Lagarde. From London, Sarah’s life took a tragic turn when she slipped onto Tube tracks in wet weather. She lost her right arm and leg when she was run over by two London Undergound trains. The horror accident happened as Sarah de Lagarde was travelling home from work on a rainy night, on Sep 30 last year. Sarah recalls lying on the tracks calling for help for 15 mins before anyone heard her. Emergency services were called & was airlifted to the Royal London Hospital. We will be talking about Sarah’s remarkable attitude to over her tragedy, her accident, being 20% robotic and 80% human, her everyday challenges, family life and much more.

This week's guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Deacon Thady O'Connor. Thady is a Deacon in the Kerry diocese. Thady has a serious story which saw him end up on life-support in ICU after contracting Covid-19. He is currently writing a book on his experience of having severe Covid-19. A very interesting and real life story!