Ashling Murphy’s funeral: ‘We grieve, we pray, we hurt – this is the heavy price we pay for love’Miriam Lord: A young life needlessly ended. The world changed forever for those left behindTue Jan 18 2022 - 22:29
Miriam Lord: Colourful handover ceremony restores dignity to Dublin CastleWas Varadkar looking for ideas for a more personal handover of power later this year?Sun Jan 16 2022 - 22:17
Miriam Lord: Between the headline atrocities men seem to quickly forget all that women saidWe need to stop the ‘entry-level’ aggression in order to save women’s livesFri Jan 14 2022 - 22:17
Miriam Lord: Celeb witness Séamus Woulfe dazzles all with his knowledgeThe Supreme Court judge ambled into Golfgate trial with a stack of files under his oxterFri Jan 07 2022 - 22:19
Miriam Lord: Golfgate trial lawyers come out swingingLegal heavyweights out in force in Galway – although golf is not exactly their cup of teeThu Jan 06 2022 - 23:00
Miriam Lord’s 2021 Awards: Coalition had to Sinn and bear it in the year of Mary LouDanny Healy-Rae left to his own device as Zapponegate saw Government rocked by a roleFri Dec 24 2021 - 02:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Dáil assured Santa won’t be caught in Brexit red tapeTDs and Senators pose with their pets and Howlin marks a special anniversarySat Dec 18 2021 - 04:00
Miriam Lord: Unprecedented outbreak of civility ruins Leaders’ QuestionsAlan Kelly gets a bout of Christmas spirit and Mattie McGrath gets nostalgic about Big TomWed Dec 15 2021 - 22:22
Miriam Lord: When it comes to Christmas craic, Sinn Féin is an absolute hootGiddy mood in the chamber, even talk of Tipperary hospital turned fruityTue Dec 14 2021 - 21:29
Miriam Lord: It’s a merry Gerry Christmas as Sinn Féin tops popularity pollShinners are cock-a-hoop, but there’s a touch of ‘house private, no flowers’ about FF and FGSat Dec 11 2021 - 01:01
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach a strange hybrid of Tommy Cooper and CorkToo much to expect Micheál Martin to conduct Leaders’ Questions wearing great entertainer’s trademark red fezWed Dec 08 2021 - 22:35
Miriam Lord: Alan fires up justice crusade for muzzled medicsTaoiseach insists there is no gag and the Government has just decided to ‘co-ordinate’ the ladsTue Dec 07 2021 - 22:32
Miriam Lord: Will Michael D know it’s Christmas time at all?President could be on the Bob Cratchit shift as Government leaves its shopping lateSat Dec 04 2021 - 03:00
Miriam Lord: Mary Lou will be raging she missed the ghost of PearseTaoiseach says he can ‘see through’ SF TD as masks and mica row dominate debateWed Dec 01 2021 - 22:00
Miriam Lord: Micheál like an exasperated múinteoir as Opposition gets under his skinNo let up over antigen testing and Mica redress schemeTue Nov 30 2021 - 22:13
Miriam Lord’s Week: Rented plastic Christmas trees sum up Leinster House festive cheerFormer minister Finian McGrath joins team Shelbourne FC as public affairs officerSat Nov 27 2021 - 02:24
Miriam Lord: Blatherballs Bernard hits the jackpot with Lotto crusadeCalls for balls to be dropped is an entertaining distraction, but not a winning proposalWed Nov 24 2021 - 22:29
Miriam Lord: PCR tests harder to get than Garth Brooks ticketsYou may have friends in low places, but it’s no guarantee of bagging a prized Golden SwabTue Nov 23 2021 - 22:41
Miriam Lord: TDs fume as Antigen 4 All in the Dáil gets noses out of jointElsewhere this week, Bertie Ahern’s comments on the North go completely southSat Nov 20 2021 - 01:04
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach easily needled by Kelly on teacher misunderstandingHistrionics as Micheál Martin and Alan Kelly get their wires crossed over restriction rulesWed Nov 17 2021 - 22:30
Sean FitzPatrick funeral: a traditional send-off for a dearly loved family manMiriam Lord: Death of poster villain of the crash was always going to generate interest beyond his grieving circleTue Nov 16 2021 - 21:35
Miriam Lord’s Week: Wee Anne from Galway has no good news to deliverGetting juniors to do seniors’ dirty work is no laughing matter for straight-talking RabbitteSat Nov 13 2021 - 01:39
Miriam Lord: ‘Father of the Seanad’ comes out of the coversDavid Norris (77) honoured for his work as human rights campaigner and doughty defender of Dublin’s building heritageWed Nov 10 2021 - 21:58
Miriam Lord: Leaders’ Questions leave everyone feeling a bit cuckooIf you had a drink for every cliche from Sinn Féin leader, you’d be legless in Leinster HouseTue Nov 09 2021 - 22:17
Miriam Lord: ‘Votegate’ double-voting controversy rears its ugly head againFianna Fáil was hoping no one would mention the War of the Buttons two years laterSat Nov 06 2021 - 01:00
Taoiseach brought back down to earth after walking on air in GlasgowMiriam Lord: He hobnobbed with Boris, Biden and Bezos but met begrudgery in the DáilWed Nov 03 2021 - 22:25
Miriam Lord: Belch-and-braces approach as talk of cull is just bullDáil’s bovine emissions out of control and not expected to plateau any decade soonTue Nov 02 2021 - 22:35
Miriam Lord: Musical matinee with Mary Lou goes down a treatThis was republicanism with jazz hands and glitter balls as delegates assembled for Sinn Féin’s ardfheisSun Oct 31 2021 - 20:40
Miriam Lord: Gourd of honour for German president as Áras springs back to lifeThe red carpet is dusted off and the dogs practise diplomatic etiquette for state visitWed Oct 27 2021 - 22:08
Miriam Lord: God snubs Armagh event marking partitionNI First Minister slammed by a minister in his church for attending ‘unbiblical’ eventSat Oct 23 2021 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: One little flag stands out as Armagh service passes quietly after all the palaverCoveney and Johnson exchange stilted pleasantries at event to mark North centenaryThu Oct 21 2021 - 21:59
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach nearly turns on his tormentorsDanny Healy-Rae question takes Martin close to the brinkWed Oct 20 2021 - 22:51
Miriam Lord: To dance or not to dance – that is the questionCovid’s setback now further compromised by a severe case of The AnomaliesTue Oct 19 2021 - 22:11
Miriam Lord: Leo needed a wake-up call for his post-budget interviewThe ‘people who get up early in the morning’ were kept waiting as the Tánaiste slept it inSat Oct 16 2021 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Leaders barely escape as Mary Lou gives them a good dressing-down‘The emperors have no clothes,’ said SF leader, before tearing strips off the CoalitionWed Oct 13 2021 - 22:41
Miriam Lord: Joe Duffy sleeps in oxygen tent to prepare for reaction to free contraceptivesOutbreak of civility as Ministers unveil Budget 2022, with even SF toning it downTue Oct 12 2021 - 22:43
Miriam Lord: Martin departs Sleeveenia for a breakneck trip to SloveniaTaoiseach is shook on arrival at EU summit, ahead of high-level talks about Cork roadsSat Oct 09 2021 - 01:02
Miriam Lord: Baby of the House throws a strop over a bypassDáil Sketch: O’Connor bags a meeting with the Taoiseach as MacSharry forgets who’s whoWed Oct 06 2021 - 22:52
Miriam Lord: And the promises about roads just keep comingO’Dea ploughed on with question about Limerick-Cork motorway, tortured by terrible feelingTue Oct 05 2021 - 22:25
Miriam Lord: All quiet at the cutting edge of the futureNational Development Plan launch was low-key – unlike the song and dance of 2018Mon Oct 04 2021 - 22:27
Miriam Lord’s Week: A black pudding paean at controversial SF eventCommemoration for IRA volunteer featured the famous Clonakilty breakfast productSat Oct 02 2021 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Electrical sparks fly in face of darkness descending‘I thank the Taoiseach for mansplaining the importance of a public policy issue’Wed Sept 29 2021 - 22:38
Miriam Lord: Sinn Féin’s good standard of heckling ‘doesn’t stand up to scrutiny’‘I’ve a terrible sense of deja vu,’ Eoin Ó Broin counters as housing plan is debatedTue Sept 28 2021 - 22:34
Miriam Lord’s Week: Extra seats could mean a squash and a squeeze for TDsAs the Dáil expands along with the population, some space will have to be clearedSat Sept 25 2021 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Government faces stampede of elephants in the roomRóisín Shortall savages Coalition’s lack of political will in implementing SláintecareWed Sept 22 2021 - 22:20
Miriam Lord: Driven round the bend by incessant Ring of KerryDanny Healy-Rae’s mobile keeps going off, and Alan Kelly is going off his rockerTue Sept 21 2021 - 22:46
Miriam Lord’s Week: Who’s afraid of the big bad social bash?Brave Barry Ward invites FG colleagues to his Covid-compliant engagement partySat Sept 18 2021 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Coveney result never in doubt, but it’s not all plain sailing for SimonNext week the Dáil might start doing some real workWed Sept 15 2021 - 23:28
Miriam Lord: Golden girl Kellie, the pride of Portland Row‘She’s like a beacon of light in the area now after everything that has gone on in the last few years’Tue Aug 10 2021 - 22:26
Kellie Harrington gives her jewel and darling Portland Row its chance to shineOlympic finalist cherished and loved by her own in Dublin’s north inner citySat Aug 07 2021 - 01:00
