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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Michael Lynch: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Michael Lynch
Coordinator, Men's Action Network (MAN), a men's mental health charity in Londonderry
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press citations on 1 topic since 19 Oct 2026 · last quoted 22 Oct 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Michael Lynch: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Coordinator, Men's Action Network (MAN), a men's mental health charity in Londonderry
- Quoted on
- Mental health
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 22 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 19 Oct 2026
04 The signal · where Michael Lynch sits on mental health
Ranked 35= of 100 voices quoted in the press on mental health, level with 35 others on 3 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Professor Peter FonagyAcademicProfessor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Developmental Science; Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London (UCL)40 - 2
Dr Sarah HughesSector leaderChief Executive, Mind (The National Association for Mental Health)13 - 3Dr Sam JonesClinicianOfficer for Mental Health, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)12
- 35=Ann SheridanClinicianexecutive nurse at EPUT3
- 35=Rosie WeatherleySector leaderInformation Content Manager, Mind (The National Association for Mental Health)3
- 35=Michael LynchSector leaderCoordinator, Men's Action Network (MAN), a men's mental health charity in Londonderry3
- 35=Anthony DeeryClinicianChief Nurse, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust3
- 35=Jason NagataAcademicassociate professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco3
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05 On the record · press
What Michael Lynch has said
By outlet · linked articles
- bbc.co.uk1
- irishpost.com1
- newsletter.co.uk1
Where Michael Lynch has been quoted
- 01Derry charity warns of men's mental health crisis | www.irishpost.comirishpost.com · 22 Oct 2026
- 02Mark Allen mental health admission - charities offer support to mennewsletter.co.uk · 21 Oct 2026
- 03James McClean: Charity offers to meet footballer over therapy commentsbbc.co.uk · 19 Oct 2026
Verbatim
“From a very early age men are taught big boys don't cry, and if we ask for support somehow, we are failing.”
“The key message to get out there is that it's not failure or weakness for a man to ask for help and support because at the end of the day all of us will struggle at times.”
“asking for help isn't a sign of weakness”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
- Sports pilot launched in Essex to improve men's health and wellbeingclactonandfrintongazette.co.uk
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- Vulnerable dad found dead in hospital car park after police searchwalesonline.co.uk
Chief executives, directors and spokespeople of trade bodies, representative associations and charities speaking for the sector. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 13 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.