Miriam Lord: Not so splendid self-isolation for hapless CabinetOnly disappointment for the Opposition would have been running out of popcornTue Sept 15 2020 - 22:54
Miriam Lord’s Week: The happy Coalition bond over Big Phil’s blood on the carpetMcGuinness puts some FG noses out of joint while Dáil rumour mill goes into overdriveSat Sept 12 2020 - 01:25
Miriam Lord: Micheál refrains from getting the boot into BorisTaoiseach’s cautious approach draws boos from opposition benchesWed Sept 09 2020 - 21:45
Miriam Lord: Mattie and Matt go head-to-head over socially distant DáilThe Dáil’s move to the Convention Centre continues to generate negative vibesTue Sept 08 2020 - 22:16
Miriam Lord: Watch out for the pork chop police on the scent of €9 mealsGardaí now have the power to hunt down a new sub-class of cocktail sausage criminalsThu Sept 03 2020 - 21:47
Miriam Lord: Can third Minister for Agriculture avoid being turfed out?The fledgling Government has already brought about a truly monumental C-changeWed Sept 02 2020 - 22:37
Miriam Lord’s end of term awards: From worst slogan to best pecsThings can only get better for Taoiseach Micheál Martin as he turns 60 todaySat Aug 01 2020 - 02:00
Miriam Lord: PUP panto strikes bum note with Richard Bruton's ripped torso leading to fainting fitsSinn Féin’s Principal Boy turns on chief member of the Three Ugly MistersWed Jul 29 2020 - 21:29
Miriam Lord: Coalition waiving, not drowning as pay storm ragesGovernment bumbles on as risible sacrifice fails to rescue flagging fortunesTue Jul 28 2020 - 22:43
Miriam Lord: FG’s rural TDs take on party’s city slickersThe country crew were not about to let the Dubs bag all the top parliamentary party jobsSat Jul 25 2020 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Dáil riveted as Taoiseach and McDonald trade blowsSinn Féin leader regards Martin with barely disguised contempt. It seems to be mutualWed Jul 22 2020 - 22:28
Miriam Lord: Welcome to Coalition travel agency, flying all over the place‘Business is booming and more people don’t know whether they are coming or going’Tue Jul 21 2020 - 22:28
Miriam Lord: Skeletons rattle in cupboards as Cowen takes a fallLeo’s pomp, orchard-robber analogy, plastic forks and a six-minute Dáil to Dockside dashSat Jul 18 2020 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Things just keep getting better for the new TaoiseachMartin makes another trip to the park before returning to Dáil for an Opposition savagingWed Jul 15 2020 - 22:35
Miriam Lord: What the actual...? Martin blooded as Taoiseach after he wields axe on CowenMartin knew he could not keep defending minister who would not defend himself in DáilTue Jul 14 2020 - 22:48
Miriam Lord: Paschal’s win makes Phibsboro the financial capital of EuropeDonohoe’s campaign to be elected head of the Eurogroup was ‘like the Eurovision’Sat Jul 11 2020 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Docklands Dáil’s lack of drama has TDs longing for Leinster HouseMinisters few and far between at Convention Centre – taking social distancing a bit too farWed Jul 08 2020 - 22:25
Miriam Lord: Minister for Agriculture tries to get himself out of the manureBarry Cowen’s big apology rounds off Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s big dayTue Jul 07 2020 - 23:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Martin sparks Olympian levels of whingeing in Fianna FáilUpset hopefuls in Fine Gael and Greens manage to hold their emotions in checkSat Jul 04 2020 - 05:30
Miriam Lord: Empty-theatre eeriness as Cabinet takes their seatsConvention Centre houses high drama as political voices cry out in the social distanceTue Jun 30 2020 - 22:31
Miriam Lord: The west is irate as Micheál shifts power balance to CorkThe unprecedented Dáil session in the Convention Centre looked like a theatrical set for a play about a war crimes tribunalSun Jun 28 2020 - 20:49
Miriam Lord: Immovable object beds down with irresistible forceFF and FG could barely wait to get permission to go into government from GreensSat Jun 27 2020 - 01:08
Miriam Lord: Leo keeps it brief for last speech before Dáil packed with about 11 peopleNo stirring words but not a dry seat in the House what with all the extreme disinfectingWed Jun 24 2020 - 21:30
Miriam Lord: Blinking back tears, Charlestown bids farewell to its much-loved Garda ColmFamily, friends and colleagues give community stalwart a loving State funeralSun Jun 21 2020 - 22:05
Miriam Lord: Who will get the big jobs if new coalition gets the Green light?Meanwhile, Eamon Ryan recites poem to weary negotiators during intense late-night sessionSat Jun 20 2020 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Cottage pie and a pint and a trip to the barber of SevilleDáil operatics on behalf of long-haired as pub grub menu mulled over ahead of reopeningWed Jun 17 2020 - 21:54
Miriam Lord: Two meat and veg government finally on the menuLeo tries to seem pleased for potential next taoiseach Micheál, while Eamon buys socksMon Jun 15 2020 - 22:31
Miriam Lord: Some Greens keen to asterisk Deputy R*** out of the pictureWhatever happens now with Eamon Ryan’s leadership, there won’t be any statue of himThu Jun 11 2020 - 22:15
Miriam Lord: Greens in or out? That’s the only question in Leinster HouseFluff is in the air as TDs talk climate change and government formationWed Jun 10 2020 - 22:33
Miriam Lord: Fat cats go bats as captains of industry take over the chamberThe sight of Ibec CEO Danny McCoy in Leo Varadkar’s seat was too much for some TDsTue Jun 09 2020 - 22:16
Miriam Lord: ‘Summer is not lost,’ says Leo but can a government be found?Spurned Ministers carry on as before even though they have lost their seatsThu Jun 04 2020 - 22:05
Miriam Lord: Michael Ring came to praise his department, not bury itMayo TD had the air of a man presiding at the obsequies for his own ministryWed Jun 03 2020 - 22:31
Miriam Lord: Not a bare ankle, hairy knee or a Ming the Trouserless to be seen at Covid committeeFire engine metaphors race to public-private hospital rescueTue Jun 02 2020 - 22:09
Miriam Lord: Reluctant Halligan bangs the nail on the headJohn raises cheers but fails to realise mutual dislike is no bar to unlikely political unionThu May 28 2020 - 22:15
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach is trapped in a Zoom session from hellMary Lou relishes the ‘benefit of great ventilation for all the hot air’ in the chamberWed May 27 2020 - 22:25
Miriam Lord: Leo’s Phoenix pecs just a storm in a bag of cansChestgate. Picnicgate. Posergate. Wickergate. Call it what you will. Varadkar did no harmTue May 26 2020 - 21:17
Miriam Lord: Timing is everything as Alan Kelly blows another gasketLabour leader brings his stopwatch to give out about ‘bonkers’ health guidance for TDsThu May 21 2020 - 22:23
Miriam Lord: Pods for politicians could be the perfect solution‘Unelected’ Zappone takes almost two hours of questions from the floorWed May 20 2020 - 22:13
Miriam Lord: TDs give Princes of Petri Dish very mild, almost pleasant, grillingMathematics of doing Dáil business has reached levels of advanced calculusTue May 19 2020 - 22:18
Miriam Lord: Kelly on Code Red in the search for a Covid-19 villainLabour leader waves ‘explosive’ letter but Mattie McGrath blows his top completelyThu May 14 2020 - 21:57
Miriam Lord: Bickering Dáil flesh-pressers try to 'un-lay' a report about Alan ShatterMotion to remove report critical of Alan Shatter from Dáil record thrown out for nowWed May 13 2020 - 21:30
Miriam Lord: Dr Varadkar’s Chamber of Covid is not for the faint-heartedVaradkar awakes screaming from Leaving Cert nightmare to reality of Covid paymentsThu May 07 2020 - 21:57
Miriam Lord: Ministers without seats populate Kildare Street twilight zoneZappone reports for duty in Leinster House as Ross remains in south Dublin cocoonWed May 06 2020 - 22:17
Miriam Lord: Another Soliloquy on Merrion Street, but there was a daring twistSlow and steady does it as Taoiseach unveils five-stage Covid Lockdown Exit planFri May 01 2020 - 22:42
Miriam Lord: It’s Kerry v China as the Healy-Raes look to the eastKerry TDs want UN to investigate China’s role in spread of coronavirusThu Apr 30 2020 - 22:12
Miriam Lord: Blame the virus - the Dáil is a sad, pathetic little parliament nowDáil Sketch: Move to Convention Centre can’t come too soon for socially distancing TDsThu Apr 23 2020 - 22:09
Miriam Lord: Varadkar leads from the front on Pandemic Republic questionsWill Micheál Martin ever get to sit in Leo’s seat? A political reshuffle of interest only to themThu Apr 16 2020 - 22:19
Miriam Lord: Century of Civil War politics ends with a wheedleSmaller parties give short shrift to Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil’s shameless wooingWed Apr 15 2020 - 22:06
Miriam Lord: Messages of hope but no bank holiday weekend rollover jackpotThree more weeks of restrictions as Leo quotes over-plundered HeaneyFri Apr 10 2020 - 21:51
Miriam Lord: You cannot cocoon democracy – or can you?Dark day in the Dáil, as questions go unanswered by MinistersThu Apr 02 2020 - 21:43
