Miriam Lord: How will the Dáil fill a huge void left by a huge void?Ireland’s loss is Europe’s gain as Fine Gael TD for Cork North-Central heads to BrusselsWed Nov 27 2019 - 21:56
Miriam Lord: What’s Leo going to do about You-Know-Who?Party leaders were keen to avoid mentioning Verona Murphy’s name, for different reasonsTue Nov 26 2019 - 22:44
Miriam Lord: Leo makes Wexford wait while Wallace takes the MickLearjet woes, compo culture and Maria Bailey all made an appearance this weekSat Nov 23 2019 - 03:07
Miriam Lord: Shameless FG self-promotion leads to FF conniptionsMicheál Martin not happy as Fine Gael flock to broadband contract signing en masseWed Nov 20 2019 - 21:30
Miriam Lord: Broadband trumpet-blowing silenced by Verona’s bum notesMicheál Martin goes on attack as Opposition refuses to dance to Government’s tuneTue Nov 19 2019 - 22:20
‘Gets moneyyy!’ TDs grumble as sports grant news leaked to chosen fewRivals claim Taoiseach was tweeting congrats to clubs in his constituency before deadlineSat Nov 16 2019 - 01:45
Miriam Lord: John Bercow expatiates for K Club with loquacious prolixityThe florid rabbiting of the former speaker, although entertaining, can become tryingThu Nov 14 2019 - 20:56
Miriam Lord: Noel Grealish cuts remarkable figures with his loose grasp on factsIndependent TD’s provocative question leads to a second day of blowback in the DáilWed Nov 13 2019 - 21:57
Miriam Lord: Rare outing from the lesser-spotted Grealish captures Dáil attentionWe worried the dog at home heard TD’s powerful whistle and escapedTue Nov 12 2019 - 22:16
Miriam Lord: Camera-shy Shane Ross’s plea for poster ban is binnedThe minister for self-effacement asked rivals this week to consider going greenSat Nov 09 2019 - 01:58
Miriam Lord: So long, Uncle Gaybo, even in death you got it rightHeady mix of light-entertainment stalwarts and RTÉ luvvies wedged into wooden pewsFri Nov 08 2019 - 21:30
Miriam Lord: Dáil voting, Gerry Adams’s hair and the never-ending tit-for-tatUnwelcome light has settled on cavalier attitude of some politicians to their Dáil dutyWed Nov 06 2019 - 22:15
Miriam Lord: Original Citizens’ Assembly Gay Byrne takes precedenceCondolences for late broadcaster precede rows about hospitals and ‘money messages’Tue Nov 05 2019 - 22:01
Miriam Lord: ‘Votegate’ takes a backseat as fobbing fever grips the DáilDo TDs fob each other into the chamber? Lt Columbo aka Paul Murphy cracks the caseSat Oct 26 2019 - 02:36
Miriam Lord: The pressing mystery of the Four ButtoneersDáil makes a meal of latest shambles to darken its democratic, buttoned-up worldThu Oct 24 2019 - 22:05
Miriam Lord: Leo’s lovely manners stick around during War of ButtonsSchrodooley’s Seat occurs when a Clare TD seemed to have voted and not voted at the same timeWed Oct 23 2019 - 22:04
Miriam Lord: Dáil priorities skewed as War of Buttons diminishes State apologyTDs too busy arguing over ‘Votegate’ to share ‘watershed moment’ over cervical scandalTue Oct 22 2019 - 22:18
Miriam Lord: ‘Plastered’ TD becomes first casualty of non-election feverFergus O’Dowd breaks leg while leafleting and Josepha Madigan’s trumpet-blowingSat Oct 19 2019 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Dáil exchanges turn snappy amid election heebie-jeebiesMartin and Varadkar fight over respective disability sector records as Brexit truce holdsWed Oct 16 2019 - 21:47
Miriam Lord: Westport to Turlough road eclipses Brexit as day’s big revealMeanwhile, Coveney was attending Leaders’ Questions. The poor man needed the restTue Oct 15 2019 - 22:08
Miriam Lord’s Week: Fine Gael troops told to push back against Fianna Fáil swaggerThe party needs to stop talking itself into opposition, reckons Simon HarrisSat Oct 12 2019 - 01:56
Miriam Lord: Was Leo caught rapid reading a budget speech someone else wrote?Taoiseach tries to impress with biblical and literary quotes, but is hoist by his own petardWed Oct 09 2019 - 22:33
Miriam Lord: Welcome to the House of Funds budget for Brexit madnessPaschal Donohoe seeks shelter from Brexit storm in a budget without surprisesTue Oct 08 2019 - 21:48
Miriam Lord: A scare in Sligo as FF ghosts come out for ‘Mac the Knife’Blasts from the party’s past gather to pay homage to former tánaiste Ray MacSharrySat Oct 05 2019 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Leo’s gas announcement eclipses Boris’s hot airNo alarm and no surprises for Taoiseach and Tánaiste as briefing gets barely a mentionWed Oct 02 2019 - 22:18
Miriam Lord: Elevation of nonsense is the new normalThanks to Johnson and his ‘non-papers’ it’s only a matter of time before . . . non-budget leaksTue Oct 01 2019 - 21:50
Miriam Lord: Dubs delight in mischievous talk of six-in-a-rowNo begrudgers were welcome at the homecoming for county’s two winning teamsSun Sept 29 2019 - 21:22
Miriam Lord: Brendan Ogle eager to get back in the leftie limelightWith Paul Murphy starting his own party, Ogle thinks it’s a good time to unite socialistsSat Sept 28 2019 - 03:00
Miriam Lord: Brexit ‘like being eight and a half months pregnant for three years’Nothing to do in Kildare Street but wait for big fish to savage themselves into a solutionWed Sept 25 2019 - 22:40
Miriam Lord: Lofty new chamber fails to inspire waffling SenatorsBack in their expensively refurbished Upper House, the talk was still resolutely cheapTue Sept 24 2019 - 23:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Paschal gets a birthday surprise from JavidA priest delivers Leo from Brexit evil; and ex-senator Lorraine Higgins joins the lobbySat Sept 21 2019 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: No fighting cocks at the ploughing but plenty of cowboy hatsVaradkar proves he is not a man who eats his dinner in the middle of the dayThu Sept 19 2019 - 21:49
Miriam Lord: It’s not eviction – it’s just psyching people out of their homesDáil Sketch: Tenants told ‘notice to quit’ is not the same as eviction – they’ll sleep easy, soWed Sept 18 2019 - 22:21
Miriam Lord: Silly season returns as Dáil seeks Operation GreenshovelLeo Varadkar leads his B Team back for a new Dáil term but where’s the Brexit plan?Tue Sept 17 2019 - 22:06
Miriam Lord: Murphy wisely swerves dodgy optics of caravan photoPictures of politicians splashing about without a care can make many people violently illThu Sept 12 2019 - 20:52
Miriam Lord: Is Adams in the hot tub and other burning questions from the SF think-inWhile barmy Boris and Co go bonkers over Brexit, Sinn Féin eye solutions-focused successWed Sept 11 2019 - 22:03
Miriam Lord: Ghost of Bertie apparent as tink-in season rolls roundMercifully for the small band of media in Gorey, all the sessions were held in privateTue Sept 10 2019 - 21:41
Miriam Lord: Boris stepped off roundabout looking dizzy, like a dishevelled DougalJohnson was in Dublin scattering optimism and enthusiasm about like fairy dustMon Sept 09 2019 - 20:47
Miriam Lord: How Mike Pence shat on the new carpet in Ireland’s spare roomStoical smiles as US vice-president delivers strong endorsement of Johnson and BrexitTue Sept 03 2019 - 22:23
Miriam Lord: No dreams were harmed in the making of this All-Ireland epicFinal score: Dublin 1-16, Kerry 1-16 and everyone else a basket case.Sun Sept 01 2019 - 22:14
Miriam Lord’s Awards: Winners of this year’s political gongsDáil movers, shakers, losers and inbetweeners, plus the prestigious George Clooney AwardSat Jul 20 2019 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Scuttling things in the Dáil barsA rat in TDs’ midst; Shane Ross’s birthday; Dr Reilly’s tie; hands, knees and boomps-a-daisySat Jul 13 2019 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Olympian effort as FG bluebloods go toe to toe in boxing ringA repentant Leo is smarting for his sins after troublesome weekFri Jul 05 2019 - 20:51
Miriam Lord: Laughing Taoiseach admits his fan mail days are behind himTaoiseach switches EU fast lane for Dáil clash over Cork roundaboutWed Jul 03 2019 - 22:46
Miriam Lord: Richard Bruton is like an oxygen eater in an upturned boatGovernment’s chief damper downer tries to sooth TDs rattled by MercosurTue Jul 02 2019 - 22:39
Miriam Lord: Healy-Raes show the true meaning of party politicsMinisters in a tizzy about last week’s column; and yours truly comes a quiz cropperSat Jun 29 2019 - 04:00
Miriam Lord: Healy-Raes honour Jackie with a hooley in the middle of the dayThe Kingdom comes to Kildare Street to remember the late Independent TDWed Jun 26 2019 - 21:18
Miriam Lord: Paschal hails the stabilisers as he pedals into the unknownThe Minister is a man with a plan, or rather two plansTue Jun 25 2019 - 22:03
Miriam Lord: It’s all in a day’s work for Síoda and BródThe First Dogs are more than ice-breakers, ‘they’re also a great source of wisdom’Sat Jun 22 2019 - 04:15
Miriam Lord: Full-on meeting of the mutual irritation societyLeo v Micheál: leaders get personal, citing hypocrisy and two-facednessWed Jun 19 2019 - 21:38
