 His father (also Joe Lynam) died in 2010.Joe senior had been RTÉ's show jumping correspondent in the 1980s.His mother, Christina Lynam, runs a charity Cara Malawi to which he regularly contributes.In 2010, Lynam helped raise money for the Chiltern Centre for disabled children in Greys Road, Henley-on-Thames, and Power International in High Wycombe.