Miriam Lord: Even the dog in the street knows housing policy is brokenFor TDs, 10,000 protesters outside Dáil bring housing crisis uncomfortably close to homeWed Oct 03 2018 - 22:30
Miriam Lord: Gavin Duffy launches himself as a Brexit secret weaponThe candidate has dramatically unveiled himself as the country’s nuclear optionTue Oct 02 2018 - 22:46
Miriam Lord: Michael D will not be spared in an election bloodbathBut which of the chasers can take advantage of chinks in the presidential armour?Sat Sept 29 2018 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Presidential candidates get set to be viciously good-manneredLovely visions unfurl at RTÉ as election debating starts without Higgins and GallagherThu Sept 27 2018 - 22:20
Miriam Lord: Michael D strong on vision guff - but it is of the highest qualityAfter witnessing the 77-year-old you’d be afraid for the other fiveWed Sept 26 2018 - 22:23
Miriam Lord: Leo quells annual tizzy over Christmas bonusKite-flying isn’t what it used to be. This one flew for barely a dayTue Sept 25 2018 - 22:00
Miriam Lord: Tourists ask Higgins to show them the wayPresident helps Germans find Donaghmede while Madigan shows off her HochdeutschSat Sept 22 2018 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Politicians create their own wind warning in Leinster HouseDeputies are stuck in Ploughing-related tailbacks as they return from summer breakWed Sept 19 2018 - 21:14
Miriam Lord: Michael D outshines dragons on ploughing fields of ScregganPresident’s ploughing championship visit leaves challengers with ground to make upTue Sept 18 2018 - 22:34
Miriam Lord: Tánaiste keeps his papal kitten promiseCoveney inundated with cat offers after bribing daughter (5) to greet the popeSat Sept 15 2018 - 02:00
Miriam Lord: Presidential hopefuls take a dander down Daft AvenueCouncillors driven round the bend as candidate selection process goes off the railsThu Sept 13 2018 - 22:37
Miriam Lord: Scally report exposes a heartless, paternalistic cultureScally has shown up a noxious current in Irish medicine in all its arrogant swaggerThu Sept 13 2018 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Let he who is without spin cast the first stoneIn Malahide, a wide-eyed Micheál Martin berated Fine Gael for inventing political spinTue Sept 11 2018 - 21:52
Miriam Lord: Good show, but papal pulling power wanesHugely anticipated visit of Pope Francis to Ireland did not attract the expected numbersMon Aug 27 2018 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Pope begs for forgiveness but years of inaction beg the question: why should we?All smiles and plundering flowers, it was magnificent – for those who wanted to be thereSun Aug 26 2018 - 22:18
Miriam Lord: Zappone puts Tuam scandal to the fore during pontiff’s visit to IrelandMinister addresses him in the language of her forebears and Francis replies in EnglishSat Aug 25 2018 - 21:12
Miriam Lord: Putting Ireland first in sweltering Carlow chamberPotential presidential candidates display their stalls to polite Carlovian councillorsWed Aug 15 2018 - 21:28
Miriam Lord: Mexicans in dreamland but Michael D’s in limboRDS was hopping with champagne, spice bags and tarot cards as President bides his timeFri Aug 10 2018 - 22:10
Miriam Lord: Presidential wannabe moves centre stage on Ladies Day at GalwayGavin Duffy happy to get into any enclosure to press the fleshThu Aug 02 2018 - 22:23
Miriam Lord: Why I am running for PresidentPlus: ‘Make Ireland late again’ – Why I’m running for office of Uachtaráin na hÉireannSat Jul 21 2018 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Ministers bolt for beach after being held captive in KerryCabinet made to wait for emancipation in Daniel O’Connell’s former homeWed Jul 18 2018 - 22:09
Miriam Lord: A daring U-turn on occupied territoriesFF veteran goes from opposing to supporting Frances Black’s Bill, but Coveney’s not happySat Jul 14 2018 - 01:14
Miriam Lord: Meghan and Harry dazzle under terms and conditionsNewly wed prince and actress princess unleash waves of unbridled enthusiasmWed Jul 11 2018 - 23:50
Miriam Lord: Election talk grips TDs as Higgins comes to termsSparse Dáil attendance as Deputies prepare to party with Prince Harry and Meghan MarkleTue Jul 10 2018 - 22:10
Miriam Lord’s Week: Football comes home to the Dáil barSinn Féin supports Colombia with gusto as Leo faces penalties over his US remarksSat Jul 07 2018 - 05:55
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach on Tour loses the run of himselfWhen a politician says a journalist isn’t interested in the truth it’s usually because that politician can’t handle the truthWed Jul 04 2018 - 21:38
Miriam Lord: Hot air and rainy days - there’s less weather talk in the Met Office‘Do you feel wanted this morning,’ Simon asks Mary Lou in one of the weirder momentsTue Jul 03 2018 - 22:19
Miriam Lord: Incoming stork to crank up Leo de Janeiro partyHarris breaks news of wife’s pregnancy while Fine Gael colleagues hit Harcourt StreetSat Jun 30 2018 - 00:18
Miriam Lord: Hero Michael Lowry evades the DáilA Moriartyesque state of affairs as the Independent TD stays away from questionsWed Jun 27 2018 - 21:53
Miriam Lord: The bloody cheek of Monsignora Josepha MadiganHaving a Minister for Culture say ‘I never claimed I said Mass’ is not what you expectTue Jun 26 2018 - 21:49
Miriam Lord’s Week: A century of under-representationPainting of all female members of Oireachtas marks centenary of women’s suffrageSat Jun 23 2018 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Sorry seems to be easiest word in Leinster HouseApologies abound as Leo says mea culpa to the people of West Belfast for tweet that insulted the wrong peopleWed Jun 20 2018 - 20:57
Miriam Lord: Symbolism not lost on Varadkar on emotional dayDavid Norris heralded in Dáil and Seanad as State apologises for treatment of gay peopleTue Jun 19 2018 - 23:00
Miriam Lord: Ó Broin’s PR tricks to highlight flaw in Murphy’s LawAttack ad the latest bout in sparring match between two south Dublin private schoolboysFri Jun 15 2018 - 21:13
Miriam Lord: Scrappy anniversary for Leo’s first year in officeNo cakewalk for Taoiseach at Leaders’ Questions as TDs queue to burst his balloonWed Jun 13 2018 - 19:45
Miriam Lord: Leo removes stigma from consultantoscopiesProcedure involves monitoring movements of top medics using the latest equipmentTue Jun 12 2018 - 22:04
Miriam Lord: Leo marks a year in the job with a fruitful day with SimonThe pair, tied together since the referendum, present food for thought in the Phoenix ParkThu Jun 07 2018 - 18:50
Miriam Lord: Male TDs are out of step as women stride forwardMeanwhile, Fianna Fáil casts an envious eye over Social Democrat talentSat Jun 02 2018 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Another dark chapter in Ireland’s never-ending storyThe adoption scandal is the latest in a relentless stream of dispiriting episodesWed May 30 2018 - 21:41
Miriam Lord: Clare Daly reminds Dáil of the real agents of changeEmotional Independents4Change Deputy tells TDs it was public who led on abortionTue May 29 2018 - 23:14
Miriam Lord: It took 35 years to build this stunning resultCheers and tears greeted the verdict – a just reward for decades fighting the good fightMon May 28 2018 - 02:33
Miriam Lord: Yes, Yes, Yes. A resounding, emphatic YesSuffocating old certainties, unrepresentative lobby groups and celibate clerics swept asideFri May 25 2018 - 23:00
Miriam Lord: Glum faces on No side amid feeling Yeses have itInternational media arrive in Dublin as photocalls and press conferences wind downWed May 23 2018 - 23:55
Miriam Lord: Stoney-faced silence from anti-abortion absolutistsNot a peep from retainers as Varadkar calls their bluff over concern for hard casesTue May 22 2018 - 22:46
Miriam Lord: Don’t underestimate birds’ brains, says Danny Healy-RaeKerry TD reckons it’s okay to cut hedgerows, as birds are too smart to nest by busy roadsFri May 18 2018 - 21:47
Miriam Lord: Her testimony was compelling, but utterly heartbreakingVicky Phelan tells Public Accounts Committee she does not want to die in vainWed May 16 2018 - 22:00
Miriam Lord: Repealing angels have something to hide at Leinster HouseFlying column arrives outside the Dáil just in time for Leaders’ QuestionsTue May 15 2018 - 22:11
Miriam Lord: Denham portrait a picture of slow change at King’s InnsHealy-Raes exhaust patience over driving Bill, Kenny to be named European of the YearSat May 12 2018 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Mattie insists Harris is hanging out with bad companyTaoiseach allowing Minister for Health to cavort with people from Amnesty – McGrathWed May 09 2018 - 22:25
Miriam Lord: Numbers game finally up for Dáil bingoCanny time-hogging strategies by rural TDs a feature of grab-a-number speaker systemWed May 09 2018 - 01:00
