Emily Taylor

Dublin’s Fair City, with Five Minutes Spare!
“Why is Dublin the biggest city in the world? Because it keeps Dublin’”

And on that inward groan, we wanted to take the Five Minutes Spare tour of this never-e […]

The scheme to pay wages of workers on leave because of coronavirus has now cost £15bn.
BBC News – Business

Country was already rocked by unrest over the cost of living – then came coronavirus.
BBC News – Middle East

They have named the wreck after the fisherman who first spotted it off the coast of Quintana Roo.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A giant fund is proposed, some of it raised on capital markets, but several countries express doubts.
BBC News – Europe

Anyone coming into close contact with infected people in England will be told to isolate.
BBC News – UK

More than 100,000 people have died and the country is now slowly reopening amid fears of new spikes.
BBC News – US & Canada

Businessman Félicien Kabuga, who evaded capture for 26 years, says he was trying to help victims.
BBC News – Africa

Boris Johnson says all shops can reopen in England next month if they meet certain Covid-19 guidelines.
BBC News – Business

A union says the health ministry bears “full responsibility” for doctors’ deaths from Covid-19.
BBC News – Middle East

The country is the first in Central America to allow same-sex couples to marry in landmark ruling.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Environmentalists in the south of France find masks and gloves littering the seabed.
BBC News – Europe

Douglas Ross resigns as Tory minister after the PM’s senior aide defends travelling during lockdown.
BBC News – UK

The president wants North Carolina to ensure there are no restrictions on crowds due to the pandemic.
BBC News – US & Canada

The 50 return home a month after a woman working as a maid in Beirut was found for sale on Facebook.
BBC News – Africa