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
Miriam Lord: Forget the non makey-up job Micheál didn’t know about – who leaked it?Coleen Rooney-esque sleuth unmasks the Dáil squealer while Michael D takes a stand for his holliersSat Jul 31 2021 - 04:45
Miriam Lord: Martin unveils brainstorm as another storm brews over Zappone postingCoalition not quite smelling of roses as Taoiseach visits Botanic GardensWed Jul 28 2021 - 22:29
Miriam Lord: Here come the Bridezillas to give Government a good dressing-downHealth officials quake as brides-to-be march on the department, but where were the frills?Tue Jul 27 2021 - 21:15
Miriam Lord: Drought goes on as indoor pints prove hard to findMany publicans opt to wait as clarity over indoor hospitality arrives at 11th hourMon Jul 26 2021 - 22:13
Miriam Lord: The tough get going as the 33rd Dáilympics wraps upForget Tokyo 2020 – the Convention Centre was where the real athletic action took placeSat Jul 24 2021 - 05:12
Miriam Lord: Des O’Malley exits the stage after a life of drama and political duellingThe PD founder was charming, but could also be grumpy – especially around CharlieThu Jul 22 2021 - 01:01
Miriam Lord’s Week: TD’s charity cycle scuppered by SUVA touch of perspective wouldn’t have gone amiss in the Dáil this weekSat Jul 17 2021 - 02:39
Miriam Lord: Dr Feelgood needs his Project Happy nowMicheál gets ratty in slugfest over housing, CO2 monitors and Belarus comparisonsWed Jul 14 2021 - 23:22
Miriam Lord: Golden certificate to indoor carousing is tarnished by confusionDáil Sketch: Tone of befuddlement as the Coalition goes roaring down the road to reopeningTue Jul 13 2021 - 22:39
Miriam Lord: Labour stalwarts gather for first bit of good news they’ve had in yearsFF’s Deirdre Conroy was standing on her own when her result was announcedFri Jul 09 2021 - 22:35
Miriam Lord: Darragh O’Brien left floundering amid mystery of the cuckooSarah McInerney eats up Minister without salt as Dáil left to ponder who is turning off a housing tapWed Jul 07 2021 - 22:03
Miriam Lord: Feathers fly as Finance Bill allows cuckoo funds escape restraintTaoiseach ‘incentivising’ funds to buy up houses, Sinn Féin leader allegesTue Jul 06 2021 - 22:18
Miriam Lord: Sinn Féin condemned to linguistic knots over Jerry McCabeParty leader Mary Lou McDonald and TD Martin Browne were singing different songsSat Jul 03 2021 - 03:00
