During an introductory meeting in August last year, the new interim chief executive of Extern, a charity which works with vulnerable young people in the Republic and Northern Ireland, was made aware ...

A Northern Ireland woman who has worked within the mental health and community sector for over a decade, has encouraged those struggling to reach out. Sharon Smith joined Extern 16 years ago after ...

An all-island youth work charity has been told it must repay more than €680,000 in public funding it was found to have been “ineligible” to receive, following an investigation by Northern Ireland’s ...

Extern has announced the appointment of Mr Brendan Johnston as Chair of the organisation, following confirmation at its ...

A charity working with some of the most vulnerable people in society is “urgently reviewing” the implications of a criminal ransomware attack that saw data leaked on the dark web. Extern, which is ...