1+ hour, 19+ min ago   (1306+ words) Bill Lewis says his "life was a mess" when he was sleeping rough Bill Lewis describes life on the streets as lonely, destitute and tough. That is, in part, why he is sceptical about whether the prime minister will succeed…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (392+ words) by Prabha Nandagopal | 3 minutes ago “Those who are the most marginalised in our society are also the people who experience the greatest harm online.” That’s not an activist talking. It’s Delia Rickard PSM, the Albanese Government’s own independent reviewer, in…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (387+ words) Over the last five years, the number of Irish citizens emigrating has been steadily increasing, reaching 35,400 in the latest figures. Across the country, 18-year-olds and 19-year-olds have recently received their Leaving Cert results and are looking forward to the next…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (697+ words) Inquirer.net Reclaiming essence from digital existence Existence. Being. Essence. The distinction between being alone and being lonely has never been more critical than in our current era of hyper-connectivity. As social media platforms algorithmically engineer connection and fast-paced technological…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (25+ words) People on disability, unemployment or carers payments had an average mortality rate nine times higher than those outside the welfare system, a study has found....

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (362+ words) ~ Blade Runner ~ Hundreds of abortion-rights campaigners marched through central London on Saturday 5 September and confronted the annual March for Life UK demonstration, whose organisers estimated that more than 10,000 attended. One counter-protest was organised by Abortion Rights and another one by…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (548+ words) A Glasgow bookshop that has previously been targeted with threats and aggression has been vandalised in what is being described as a transphobic attack. Category Is Books, which opened in the city's Southside eight years ago, sells new and second-hand…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (957+ words) 'Five minutes is a lifetime for a child. Eighteen months is the average time a child waits for adoption' - that was the hard-hitting message of 'The Long Wait' campaign by Adoption Focus. Sadly, that time has now increased to two…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (248+ words) Alan Milburn studies Dutch youth hubs and vocational colleges as his review warns nearly one million UK 16 to 24 year olds are outside work and education. Alan Milburn, the former health secretary leading the UK government's review of youth economic inactivity,…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (754+ words) “I collect bottles and cans to save up enough money to postpone being homeless into next spring instead of in the winter”: Damhnaic, a man in his 30s, is one of many people pushed into waste-picking by a Government that pretends…...