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
Miriam Lord: Government regains composure after Nphet shockTaoiseach robustly defends decision to delay reopening following ‘stark’ warningWed Jun 30 2021 - 22:17
Miriam Lord: Cabinet’s crescendo of chaos reaches its climaxOpposition TDs go ballistic over ‘bonkers’ and ‘bananas’ decision to delay reopeningTue Jun 29 2021 - 22:39
Miriam Lord: Happy house-hunters Leo and Matt go upwardly mobileFG get a taste of their own medicine at Kate O’Connell’s Dublin Bay South pharmacySat Jun 26 2021 - 03:00
Miriam Lord: Politicians unite on maternity hospital, but nuns not on the runEight years down the line and political ructions reigning ... with no end in sight to sagaWed Jun 23 2021 - 22:42
Miriam Lord: Mary Lou McDouble-Decker and Leo Varadcoach go bumper to bumperPromises fly as FG and SF circle the bandwagons ahead of Dublin Bay South byelectionTue Jun 22 2021 - 22:35
Miriam Lord: Is Darragh O’Brien finding his feet in housing?Praise for O’Brien’s concrete efforts and thanks to the Mayo women who gave voice to the HouseSat Jun 19 2021 - 01:29
Miriam Lord: Action-packed day as parties unveil their local championsAmid Bloomsday celebrations, Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll sounds a sobering noteWed Jun 16 2021 - 22:45
Miriam Lord: Angry homeowners gather at Government’s shining edificeRural TDs warn of crumbling support for parties unless mica redress issue dealt withTue Jun 15 2021 - 23:00
Miriam Lord: Date for Dublin Bay South byelection revealedProspect of having to listen to people banging about constituency until October proved frighteningSat Jun 05 2021 - 01:35
Miriam Lord: Sight. Sounds. Touch. Kevin Lunney recalls the horrorDisturbing evidence could have been drawn from pages of Stephen KingThu Jun 03 2021 - 23:15
Miriam Lord: Micheál Martin and Michael Collins in unseemly exchange over who rang whoThe Taoiseach enjoyed the row so much he couldn’t resist returning to it on WednesdayWed Jun 02 2021 - 22:10
Miriam Lord: Coalition all a-buzz as it launches its big recovery package‘Unprecedented’ financial giveaway will help economy ‘take off like a rocket’, says TánaisteTue Jun 01 2021 - 22:39
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach sounds like an Ikea ad as he announces Grand ReopeningMicheál served up a nourishing number soup and we lapped it up with palpable reliefSat May 29 2021 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Emergency powers rolled over despite vaccine being rolled outGood faith turns to buyer’s remorse as TDs see no unwinding of draconian Covid curbsWed May 26 2021 - 22:11
Miriam Lord: A nation waits anxiously for Leaving Cert and digital green certEveryone poised to jet away for the Med just as soon as that vital paperwork comes throughTue May 25 2021 - 22:26
Miriam Lord: Calls for repatriation of the Dáil as cost of daily sittings mountFed-up politicians want out of Convention Centre and back to Leinster HouseSat May 22 2021 - 01:43
Miriam Lord: McGrath warns about appalling vista facing nationIt’s like ‘Germany in 1933’ all over again but Mattie’s not falling for the ‘scamdemic’Wed May 19 2021 - 22:10
Miriam Lord: From Iarnród Enda to Sewer Rod EndaMicheál Martin’s predecessor made an unexpected appearance at leaders’ questions on TuesdayTue May 18 2021 - 22:24
Miriam Lord: Shock as Minister for Housing fails to dig himself into a holeDarragh O’Brien huffed and puffed and finally got a shovelful of dirt – disappointingSat May 15 2021 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach says he’s ‘shovel-ready’ but Mary Lou gets the digs inMary Lou McDonald heaps scorn on stated promise to tackle the housing crisisWed May 12 2021 - 22:45
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach’s toes uncomfortably close to flames as he rejects talk of water chargesMary Lou McDonald is mining a rich seam of public discontent and she knows itTue May 11 2021 - 22:33
Miriam Lord: Dublin Bay South gears up for the battle of the barristersSenior counsel Jim O’Callaghan has his work cut out to get an FF candidate over the lineSat May 08 2021 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Government in a flap about the cuckoo in the property nestA nasty ‘variant’ of Greed-09 has swooped through an entire housing estate in KildareWed May 05 2021 - 22:36
Miriam Lord: Hope springs maternal as Helen McEntee’s good news is deliveredCongratulations pour in for Minister as knives come out in Dublin Bay SouthSat May 01 2021 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: A spring in Micheál’s step as he brings good news for summerThe Taoiseach was happy to do the heavy lifting: lifting restrictions, lifting our spiritsThu Apr 29 2021 - 22:43
Miriam Lord: Damp squibs in the Dáil while sparks fly in Stormont and WestminsterKillarney fire could not compete with Boris’s decor meltdown and the Apotheosis of PootsWed Apr 28 2021 - 23:03
Miriam Lord: Here’s a tip, Senator – learn where the mute button isMartin Conway of FG was overheard doing some side business during a virtual meetingSat Apr 24 2021 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: At last, an end is in sight – the Seanad byelections have passedIt was hard to contain the excitement at the election of two Senators, but we managedWed Apr 21 2021 - 22:17
