Two little girls walked into the crushing silence of a crowded churchyardInto the enveloping silence, the band played the funeral march for Garda Tony GoldenThu Oct 15 2015 - 21:01
Miriam Lord: Out of the swamp, onto the yellow brick roadHaving dragged Ireland back from the cliff, Kenny stopped for a rest at a fork in the roadThu Oct 15 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Grand day for the garda and nurse who met in CoppersBudget 2016: Noonan finds Ireland’s ‘lost purse’ and begins spending againWed Oct 14 2015 - 06:44
The Dáil diet: what are the Oireachtas eating?‘You go from meeting to meeting and end up grazing’: Well, Oireachtas dining has come a long way. Chips and the full Irish can still be had, but sometimes salad bar line is longer than one for meat and two veg. Miriam Lord explores the exclusive Members’ Restaurant and the open-to-the-plebs canteenSat Oct 10 2015 - 14:01
Miriam Lord: Sphinx-like Kenny whips up frenzyNear-hysteria grips Leinster House as announcement of election date is awaitedFri Oct 09 2015 - 21:03
Miriam Lord: Tight-lipped Taoiseach toys with mediaJoan Burton expects general election to happen in 2016Thu Oct 08 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Leinster House cocks crow for coy EndaSudden retreat from position of certainty on general election triggers fevered speculationWed Oct 07 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Beaming buddies promise us a Hollywood endingMinisters will be on message from now until the general election, so get used to itSat Oct 03 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Enda’s fix for shoddy building is in the worksMary Lou McDonald in fine form as she takes Taoiseach to task about Longboat QuayThu Oct 01 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Departure time for Enda and Joan’s gravy trainRecycled and rewarmed capital plan arrives from sidings in time for election campaignWed Sept 30 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Freshers get the Willies in FF puzzleFianna Fáil’s new game drums up great interest as party meets its match in SeanadSat Sept 26 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Politicians plough into photo opportunitiesKenny gets close to calendar-girl newsreader while Coveney cosies up to winsome pigletThu Sept 24 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Kenny survives motion of no consequenceThe Fennelly report was quickly ditched by all speakers in favour of election speechesWed Sept 23 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Showtime as parties nurture narrativesThe best feet put forward at think-ins were first steps in Coalition’s journey to polling daySat Sept 19 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Thomas Kent, proud patriot, home at last1916 centenary beckons: ‘They really couldn’t ignore the last man shot outside Dublin’Fri Sept 18 2015 - 21:09
Miriam Lord: Birds echo Ruairí Quinn’s rallying callThe former Labour leader’s farewell speech moves the think-in audience to tearsWed Sept 16 2015 - 01:01
Miriam Lord: Heney-Haughey contest would have been fabulousWithout the two councillors, Fianna Fáil think-in is a sadly fisticuffs-free affairTue Sept 15 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Milluns and billuns stacking up for NoonanFine Gael has juicy carrot to wave under electorate’s noses ahead of general electionSat Sept 12 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Deluded yarns forgotten, and Kenny raring to goThey’re banging the drum, all thoughts of sleeveen politics simply banished for nowFri Sept 11 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Dáil end-of-term awardsAnd the three degrees award goes to: Ruairí Quinn, Pat Rabbitte and Eamon GilmoreSat Aug 01 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: A breath of fresh air with a volcanic nameEthna Tinney’s account of the EBS at the inquiry was depressing but very recognisableThu Jul 30 2015 - 07:17
Miriam Lord: MacSharry can’t ruin Kenny’s moodWhile the Government was away from Kildare Street, the seagulls attempted a coupSat Jul 25 2015 - 09:05
Miriam Lord: Amateur dramatics let down by a bad scriptSenator Marc Mac Sharry attempted to grab the inquiry spotlight – but missed his markFri Jul 24 2015 - 12:28
Miriam Lord: Cabinet not so confidential at lovely LissadellNo sign of Coalition chums getting carried away – they’ll leave that until the electionThu Jul 23 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Bertie tells us of great injustice done to himPeople have persisted in saying most awful things about our poor departed ex-taoiseachMon Jul 20 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Cabinet takes bonding trip to LissadellMeanwhile, water charges protests outside Leinster House are a bit of a damp squibSat Jul 18 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Bertie Ahern gives master class to the novicesA unique brand of militant humility delivered at banking inquiry with the smiling detachment of an ordinary JoeFri Jul 17 2015 - 17:08
Miriam Lord: SockDems ready to shake up old politics‘Today we are reaching up and grabbing a rung and pulling it back down – to the people’Thu Jul 16 2015 - 01:00
Eager TDs cram Dáil as Gauck has quick gawkDistinguished visitor treated to not very much happening in our national chamberWed Jul 15 2015 - 05:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Wincing from a wallop in the ballotsProf John Crown advises on best course of action when suffering from Seanad reformSat Jul 11 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Anglo golf day puts Cowen in the rough‘Picture the scene: the guys in casual slacks, swapping deep thoughts on fiscal matters’Thu Jul 09 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Wallace draws eyes to Nama’s leaky pipeworkTaoiseach recites Government’s latest reworking of Ode to a Grecian About TurnWed Jul 08 2015 - 07:50
Miriam Lord: Cowen, McCreevy unflappable over FF tentFormer taoiseach dismisses ‘mythology’ about party’s tent at Galway RacesSat Jul 04 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Brian Cowen turns former associates into roadkill over bank crash‘Front-line folk are useful, when an urgent need arises to throw bodies under the bus’Thu Jul 02 2015 - 22:26
Miriam Lord: McCreevy part of a bubble - of self-delusionWhere corridors are wider for inflated egos, ex-finance minister in a class of his ownWed Jul 01 2015 - 22:35
‘We want Jack!’: Miriam Lord remembers Italia ’90 - the best of timesOn the world stage, our players did us proud, the supporters did us proud, we did ourselves proudWed Jul 01 2015 - 08:52
Miriam Lord: Gerry Adams finds Dáil in no mood for bad languageSinn Féin leader amused by Government reaction during exchanges on water BillWed Jul 01 2015 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Ann Widdecombe puts best foot forward at pro-life bashFormer Tory minister is special guest at Ceiliúradh Cois LifeSat Jun 27 2015 - 01:03
Miriam Lord: Commissioner Cat still can’t get no satisfactionEU commissioner pays first official visit to Oireachtas since his elevation to EU postSat Jun 27 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Minister for Arts holds soirée for soul sistersHumphreys lets hair down with female staff and party colleagues at mid-summer bashSat Jun 27 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: SF lose plot in pursuit of Nama outrageHissing Adams steams into bubbling Nama saga but swerves party strains in Rebel CountyThu Jun 25 2015 - 01:00
Grace, dignity and heartache for two lost young livesCalamity of young lives cut down in their prime has touched this grieving nationWed Jun 24 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Talkative TDs give the silent treatmentThe Fearless Four were left sweating on Vincent Browne when put on the spotSat Jun 20 2015 - 16:12
Miriam Lord: The book according to Comrade CardiffFormer senior civil servant tells Joe Higgins he’s now more a socialist than he used to beThu Jun 18 2015 - 23:10
Miriam Lord: Questions set aside as thoughts turn to US‘Do we not see the faces of our own sons and daughters as they start the great adventure of life for young people?’Thu Jun 18 2015 - 01:02
Miriam Lord: Mick is pecking away at Nama’s cagey dealingsDáil sketch: Enda is not afraid of the vultures coming to attack him in the dead of nightWed Jun 17 2015 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Marie Louise tells Mattie the jig is up for his jibesSenator eats McGrath alive over his ‘outrageous’ behaviour in Oireachtas restaurantSat Jun 13 2015 - 14:57
Miriam Lord: The Toddler, the Baby Brute and the questionsRichard Bruton proves an adequate substitute for his party leaderThu Jun 11 2015 - 01:00
