Miriam Lord: Legislation on demand? No need for thatMost TDs would want to do absolutely nothing if the Eighth Amendment was repealedThu Jun 02 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Tired Taoiseach gets Springsteen in his stepEnda Kenny faces Leaders’ Questions on Nama, medicine and Donald TrumpWed Jun 01 2016 - 05:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Desperately seeking pop-up Dáil siteClerys could be an option – on slow days, mannequins would come and fill the chamberSat May 28 2016 - 11:37
Miriam Lord: Loquacious leaders declare war on rhetoricParty leaders respond to the terrifying spate of gang murders in Dublin with more wordsThu May 26 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Questions-and-answers Kenny bewilders DáilIf the Taoiseach can ask a direct question, surely a direct answer can’t be far behindWed May 25 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Labour pretender’s floored ambition steals showWhodunnit? It was Alan Kelly. He done himself in. And everyone was very sad about itSat May 21 2016 - 10:52
Miriam Lord: Junior Ministers step up for senior hurlingMinisters of State emerge fully formed from special pods in the Leinster House basementFri May 20 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Fitzgerald dodges the question like a true TánaisteMinister summons the spirit of Joan Burton in her responses to O’Higgins queriesThu May 19 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: New politics lapses into familiar old waysThere’s a spirit-sapping familiarity about the goings-on in and around Leinster HouseWed May 18 2016 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: New chief whip rides off into the sunriseElsewhere, Shane Ross is upwardly mobile; Phil Hogan escapes from ‘excited peasants’Sat May 14 2016 - 13:03
Miriam Lord: Resignation black the new red for Labour’s JoanEmotional occasion marked by tears for first woman leader of venerable Labour PartyWed May 11 2016 - 11:38
Miriam Lord: Endapendents Day ends with sign of reliefNew era of partnership politics gets off to rocky start as Kenny finally gets over the lineSat May 07 2016 - 01:00
And on the 70th day the work of creation endsGenesis of new government to be followed by adjournment of Dáil to allow dust to settleFri May 06 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: High emissions in heated debate on climate changeAs Fine Gael hunts for Endapendents, Danny Healy-Rae is fuming about the carbon taxThu May 05 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Alan Kelly not exactly gushing about Fianna Fáil’s Irish Water stanceWater naturally found its own level as the political talks flowedSat Apr 30 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: New government built on foundations of fudgeFianna Fáil and Fine Gael are out to avoid water damage and insulate their careersThu Apr 28 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Parties walk on water on way to promised landCould a biblical solution help Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to buy time – and form a government?Wed Apr 27 2016 - 01:01
Miriam Lord: Croke Park gives way to wolfhounds and warriorsGAA fields its most colourful and musical team in the ‘Laochra’ performance at HQMon Apr 25 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Lunch on boulevard of broken promisesFF politicians were going around warning that the talks were ‘on the verge of collapse’Sat Apr 23 2016 - 10:43
Miriam Lord: At last, a government may have been cobbled togetherWith the Irish Water elephant removed from the room, a deal may finally be in sightThu Apr 21 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Mysterious case of the uninvited womenThree women encounter political pain while another gets Clinton to sneak past sneakers ruleSat Apr 16 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Enda and Micheál fail better in the formation gameGerry Adams may have to give the leaders advice on decommissioning the hatchetsFri Apr 15 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Independents lollop around like a pack of fussy dogsWill they cling to Micheál’s leg or stick with Enda? Or do a runner?Thu Apr 14 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Kenny and Martin’s secret talks spring a leakGovernment formation talks seep out, while drinks flow at the Dáil bar along with Ó Cuív’s penSat Apr 09 2016 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Will nobody think of the National Interest?‘Make them stop!’: little National Interest rocks from side to side as its parents bickerFri Apr 08 2016 - 01:01
Miriam Lord: Enda and Micheál keep masks on as face-off loomsDáil sketch: Fine Gael leader did most of the wooing, but Martin played hard to getThu Apr 07 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Seanad university seats and a different independenceTension for Labour, old dreams for Fine Gael and a sweet tweet from Lynn BoylanSat Apr 02 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: What a shame we can’t do this every year2016 Revisited: It was the people’s Rising as they got out of bed and . . . went into town for a wanderTue Mar 29 2016 - 08:06
1916 centenary: The day a nation stood proud and rememberedMiriam Lord: Easter Rising commemorations resulted in a truly great day for Ireland and the IrishMon Mar 28 2016 - 08:05
Miriam Lord: Independents need jump leads and a hangerTaoiseach’s nameplate is a hot potato as Ministers try to impress TDs in negotiationsSat Mar 26 2016 - 14:05
Miriam Lord: Time drags as Enda tries out a bit of woodworkWord went around that the Taoiseach was going to unveil a ‘round table’Thu Mar 24 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: An acting Taoiseach results in no actionDáil suffers through a fruitless day of speechifying and ‘procedural wrangling’Wed Mar 23 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly for 32nd Dáil openerSinn Féin runs riot but Mary Lou sits on her hands during tributes to Seán BarrettFri Mar 11 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Parties face off in shape-throwing contestAs preliminary heats end, Kenny, Martin and Adams lead the field in this ancient Dáil sportThu Mar 10 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Enda lends an ear as hats fly into the ringAs politicians eye the top jobs, this new politics starts to seem very familiarWed Mar 09 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Funchion trips the light fantasticNew Sinn Féin TD sashays into the limelight while Enda embraces his inner hipsterFri Mar 04 2016 - 23:50
Miriam Lord: Micheál Martin didn’t walk, but floated along the corridorsThe Fianna Fáil leader has a big problem – dealing with his party’s high spiritsThu Mar 03 2016 - 23:59
Tired Enda Kenny faces firing squad at National Museum’s 1916 exhibitionBeleaguered Taoiseach puts on a brave face as he enters Execution CornerThu Mar 03 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: War of attrition in RDS as recount drags onGerry Adams is still posing for photos with babies while Bertie Ahern sticks his oar inTue Mar 01 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: This was a FF election - not Fianna Fáil, but fractured and fragmentedFor all the Left-wing celebration, a move to old ways leaves Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil brass neck and brass neckMon Feb 29 2016 - 10:27
Miriam Lord: In fiscal space no one can hear you screamCampaign awards as election showtime beginsFri Feb 26 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: No more thrills at top of Misery HillCandidates bleat fairness and balance – but after that, things become more complicatedThu Feb 25 2016 - 06:31
Miriam Lord: Last waltz for The Whinge QuartetThe conductor in leaders’ election debate outshone them all, she wielded a stern batonWed Feb 24 2016 - 00:03
Miriam Lord: From crest of 2011 wave, Enda has two regretsTaoiseach’s future in politics hangs in the balance. It all looked so different five years agoTue Feb 23 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Small parties bereft of sufficient cash to be boringOur big four breathlessly announce ‘the launch’ of yet another drab policy messageSat Feb 20 2016 - 11:05
Grilled Gerry, paranoid chickens and Donald’s carpetMicheál Martin is criss-crossing the country doing those good old- fashioned walkaboutsFri Feb 19 2016 - 09:30
Miriam Lord: Enda Kenny is on hand for a robotic displayThe Fine Gael crisis coach departed Dublin for Offaly as the Taoiseach talked warThu Feb 18 2016 - 11:28
Miriam Lord: Claire Byrne like a teacher addressing senior infantsSeven-way discussion was never going to provide game-changing answersTue Feb 16 2016 - 13:12
Miriam Lord: Labour’s gifts to the altar at manifesto launchWhiff of incense as party sets out its stall in former church at DIT GrangegormanTue Feb 16 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Why voters are not shifting on Valentine’s DayFine Gael election manifesto launched in docklands amid much media matchmakingMon Feb 15 2016 - 01:00
