This week's epsiode is with my long term friend Conor Hammersley, and in this episode we discusses the isssues of male violence towards women and men's health.

Conor has extensive experience in the area of men's health at a research, policy and advocacy level. He is a PhD Scholar with Teagasc and the National Center for Men's Health and his work looks at the socio-cultural context that shapes gendered behaviour among rural men in Ireland.

His research interests include gender and health, mental health and suicide prevention in men, and health promotion targeted at 'hard to reach' populations of men.

He has a number of peer-reviewed publications and has presented at national and international conferences on rural men's health and is a board member of the Ending Sexual Violence, Prevention and Support Committee (ESP) in the Institute of Technology Carlow and the National Farmer Health Alliance in Ireland and a member of the American Public Health Association.

This epsiode was edite by Emma Ní Chearúil.