Miriam Lord: Well-mannered Taoiseach displays patience of proverbial saintMicheál Martin has feathers ruffled by Pringle over his missing zero Covid strategyWed Jan 27 2021 - 21:33
Miriam Lord: Opposition casts Government as Duds’ Army after new Covid battle planCaptain Micheál Mainwaring’s new motto is ‘hold firm and stick to the basics’Tue Jan 26 2021 - 22:37
Miriam Lord: Healy-Rae scooting around and giving the Honda 50 a run for its moneyMeanwhile, Bulgarians put on a show for new Irish Ambassador in SofiaSat Jan 23 2021 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Back to school for foot-in-mouth specialist Josepha MadiganNo lessons learned as Madigan keeps digging through the medium of riddlesWed Jan 20 2021 - 21:49
Miriam Lord: Seanad sits in Dáil chamber but still has that vacant lookNews of Seanad’s return has heartsick country reaching for the tonicTue Jan 19 2021 - 22:35
Miriam Lord: Why did the secretary general cross the road? Because he’s worth itForget the Fitbit – this short stroll is bringing one public servant a very healthy salary boostSat Jan 16 2021 - 02:10
Miriam Lord: Government’s big gesture left in tatters by calm, articulate angerCatherine Connolly’s compelling, clear-eyed speech stood out over all the apologiesWed Jan 13 2021 - 22:40
Miriam Lord: We've put 2020 behind us, now we can look forward to year aheadIn May Labour Party leader Alan Kelly explodes during Leaders’ Questions. ‘It’s what he would have wanted,’ says a constituency colleagueSat Jan 02 2021 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Political Awards 2020: the winners and losersMicheál Martin’s prediction about an ‘interesting’ year came true, and then someWed Dec 23 2020 - 11:57
Miriam Lord: No room at the Leinster House inn for former TDs and senatorsChristmas visits off the menu as Oireachtas restaurant only open to serving membersSat Dec 19 2020 - 03:04
Miriam Lord: No room at the Leinster House inn for former TDs and senatorsChristmas visits off the menu as Oireachtas restaurant only open to serving membersSat Dec 19 2020 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: TDs weren’t banking on Taoiseach’s parting Yuletide giftTalk about spoiling the Opposition with presents of denials about bank bailoutWed Dec 16 2020 - 21:51
Miriam Lord: Rare sight for Dáil as Sinn Féin TD makes act of contritionTo lose one TD may be regarded as misfortune but to lose two looks more than carelessTue Dec 15 2020 - 22:14
Miriam Lord: Eamon Ryan basks in the sunshine of Seanad’s loveResponse to Green leader’s climate change speech has him blushing under his maskSat Dec 12 2020 - 07:25
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach nurses bafflement as pay rise for judges fuels rowMicheál Martin reaches for Fempi as Opposition denounces failure to pay student nursesWed Dec 09 2020 - 22:19
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach throws bucket of cold water over little sparks of hope for Brexit dealMicheál Martin offers little comfort as the clock runs down on EU/UK trade talksTue Dec 08 2020 - 22:35
Miriam Lord: Sinn Féin has become Ireland’s new political deleteTweets are dominating the Dáil, and who’ll blink first as Brexit talks go to the brink?Sat Dec 05 2020 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Danny Healy-Rae’s conversion marks a great day for scienceShock news of deputy’s conversion to value of evidence pulses in global research communityWed Dec 02 2020 - 21:58
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach's task force on vaccination fails to stem repeated jabs from KellyBut Micheál wants a buffer of taskforce proportions between a ministerial posterior and the blameTue Dec 01 2020 - 22:34
Miriam Lord: Cartoonist draws a line over five years of politicsMartyn Turner’s Endgames; Santa cleared for takeoff; tie dies; MMO’C makes fresh startSat Nov 28 2020 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Helen McEntee holds up well for someone with barely a leg to stand onMicheál comes out of this saga looking like a patsy and Leo like a bit of a cadThu Nov 26 2020 - 22:10
Miriam Lord: The Dáil's answer to John Wayne overcooks the ham slice, by slice, by sliceKelly vows to get justice – or at least the Minister for Justice – into the DáilWed Nov 25 2020 - 22:26
Miriam Lord: Unity and common purpose in spades but not for Covid fightTaoiseach under pressure to bring on his Minister for Justice to answer questionsTue Nov 24 2020 - 22:45
Miriam Lord: Chastened celebs mortified in MontroseRTÉ social distance, McEntee in Dáil, Woulfe pack, pints in public and moving statuesSat Nov 21 2020 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach gets in a hoof as Mary Lou accuses Coalition of horse-tradingManure hits the fan over FF-FG AG deal and appointment of Séamus WoulfeWed Nov 18 2020 - 22:39
Miriam Lord: ‘Absentee’ Helen sidesteps Woulfe question but what did Leo know?Minister for Justice keeps low profile as Opposition looks for answersTue Nov 17 2020 - 22:29
Miriam Lord: Kerry Senator Ned brings glad tidings as Santa cleared for travelBallybunion locals are on the ball as they fly the American flag for Joe BidenSat Nov 14 2020 - 00:36
Miriam Lord: Award-winning Covid quarters still not the preferred cosy club for TDsWaves of congratulatory indifference pulsed around the tiered velvet seatingWed Nov 11 2020 - 21:41
Miriam Lord: Coalition rows in behind Leo as Sinn Féin battered from pillar to postParty’s meaningless buzzwords, soundbites and rehashed arguments fail to find tractionTue Nov 10 2020 - 22:47
Miriam Lord: TDs do not speak as they do in the official Dáil record. It’s a shamePolitical anoraks rejoice as the Nealon’s Guide to the 33rd Dáil and 26th Seanad landsSat Nov 07 2020 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Dublin 4’s answer to Éamon Ó Cuív resists leniency for LeoAs far as Taoiseach is concerned, if it didn’t occur on his watch, it didn’t happenWed Nov 04 2020 - 22:00
Miriam Lord: Others have not been so lucky, but Leo the spilldoctor survivesCabinet incontinence is all about some things being more confidential than othersTue Nov 03 2020 - 23:04
Phil Hogan has reason to be aggrieved over von der Leyen’s Covid quarantine tripEC president drove five hours from Belgium, through Netherlands, to HanoverSat Oct 24 2020 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: All test and no trace makes Jack a very ill boy'Close encounters of the Covid kind, running on continuous loop in everyone’s head. And nobody knows the ending'Wed Oct 21 2020 - 22:53
Miriam Lord: Dáil reeks of alcohol but Irish politics will not be sanitisedTDs are used to ensuring their seats are safe but never in quite such a literal sense as thisTue Oct 20 2020 - 21:03
Miriam Lord: Nphet’s efforts to flatten the leaky curve fall flatThe House ushers in a special moment but has no time for unladylike behaviourSat Oct 17 2020 - 00:07
Miriam Lord: Record budget forgotten in record timeMother-and-baby homes, Level 4 restrictions and Brexit shove big spenders off agendaWed Oct 14 2020 - 22:03
Miriam Lord: Look at the size of it! Budget Boys go on a monster Covid spending spreePaschal Donohoe and Michael McGrath’s largesse leaves Opposition struggling to find faultTue Oct 13 2020 - 22:08
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach and Tánaiste see red over ‘Level 5 leak’Leo rages at public health chief; Cap’n Grealish frets about the arts; Harris and Holohan framedSat Oct 10 2020 - 02:54
Miriam Lord: Like a hospital, Stephen Donnelly under pressure but not overwhelmedTimelines and clashing accounts as Minister levels on NphetThu Oct 08 2020 - 23:22
Miriam Lord: Micheál Martin struggles with hauling his carcass out of the comfy seatsMartin Kenny’s contribution to Leaders’ Questions had a few squirming in their seatsWed Oct 07 2020 - 22:56
Miriam Lord: Some TDs could do with bibs as well as masksMary Lou weathers aerosol bombardment from spitting-mad IndependentsTue Oct 06 2020 - 22:53
Miriam Lord: Sweet revenge for Michael Moynihan as Taoiseach gets a roastingSnubbed TD’s 10-year-old daughter tells teacher what she thinks of daddy’s bossSat Oct 03 2020 - 01:54
Miriam Lord: This Government is all out of ideas. Dial 1800 – HelpAnother helpline is needed but not for the beleaguered studentsWed Sept 30 2020 - 22:14
Miriam Lord: Another dog’s dinner as D’Arcy jumps on the gravy trainMary Lou McDonald serves up the latest farce du jour under Taoiseach’s wrinkled noseTue Sept 29 2020 - 22:19
Miriam Lord: Restricted movement for Leo as Micheál finds his strideWe are learning that a pandemic, along with a week, is a long time in politicsSat Sept 26 2020 - 03:30
Miriam Lord: Micheál has Mary Lou pegged as a street angel and House devilParty leaders in bitter exchanges as spirit of acrimony enduresWed Sept 23 2020 - 22:17
Miriam Lord: Let’s call a spad a spad – this Government has woeful timingDecision to provide special advisers to junior ministers comes as pandemic payment is cutTue Sept 22 2020 - 21:55
Miriam Lord: One Martin gets a ringing endorsement while another gets a cold callVirtually no challengers for deputy leader's job as Greens hold their online conferenceSat Sept 19 2020 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Custard-pie Cabinet calls in the Gaviscon Fireman. Bless himGaviscon Fireman Donohoe summoned to ease Government indigestionWed Sept 16 2020 - 22:02
