Shatter milks the moment, looking like 'Secret Millionaire’Miriam Lord: Former minister gives preening display for media on Leinster House plinthFri May 23 2014 - 01:00
The Sinn Féin candidate who is making a name for herselfLynn Boylan is a mystery candidate, but has rocketed to the top of the pollsThu May 22 2014 - 15:08
Endangered species Mary Fitzpatrick meets voters with long memoriesHow Fianna Fáil navigates ‘the grey area of the overlap’Wed May 21 2014 - 00:57
‘Shovel-ready’ Emer pauses Eurospeak to take a dig at poll frontrunner Sinn FéinLabour’s Euro hopeful is fighting hard in face of possible party meltdownTue May 20 2014 - 01:00
Enda won’t let political issues ruin snap-happy dayThe Taoiseach is strong on high-fiving kids and posing for photos and . . . well, that’s it reallyMon May 19 2014 - 01:00
Ghosts of squabbles past haunt GilmoreEamon Gilmore has woman trouble from present and former candidatesFri May 16 2014 - 01:00
Why won’t Enda tell Paddy what happened on Callinan Night?It’s 35 years or so since a commissioner quit. Enda knows why but he won’t tell, writes Miriam Lord.Thu May 15 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Hanafin spat helps liven up dull campaignVeteran cut adrift as Fianna Fáil backs first-timer Kate Feeney in BlackrockWed May 14 2014 - 01:05
Some things better left unsaid as Mullen pitches to wider audienceRónán Mullen pledges to take on Brussels for ailing rural communitiesSat May 10 2014 - 01:00
Breaking up is so very hard to doEnda made a quick settlement: Frances got Justice; Charlie got the childrenFri May 09 2014 - 01:00
Minister for self-defence stayed true to form to the endSketch: Alan Shatter managed to issue a resignation letter that was long on self-justification and absent of contritionThu May 08 2014 - 01:01
Say hello to the Greens. They want to get back in the gameSketch: The Green Party got stuck into Labour over what was and wasn’t in the troika dealWed May 07 2014 - 01:02
Miriam Lord’s week: Elections have seen more launches than a space programmeThe most eye-catching pledge so far: Labour’s plan for a dog-poo DNA bankSat May 03 2014 - 12:00
Hopeful Micheál Martin denies he is on the ropesFianna Fáil is speaking with one voice as party leader launches manifesto for European electionsThu May 01 2014 - 01:00
No meeting of the waters between leadersTaoiseach and Tánaiste dance around water charges issue in election pushWed Apr 30 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Kenny’s €2m memory lossTánaiste demands answers to mysterious Callinan departureSat Apr 19 2014 - 01:00
Anglo verdicts greeted in silence as two never flinchedThe two former Anglo bankers could get up to five years in jail and/or a fineFri Apr 18 2014 - 01:09
Seánie winks as verdict exceeds his expectationsJury returns with majority verdict at end of third full day of deliberationThu Apr 17 2014 - 01:02
Standing ovation as curtain falls on hugely successful Irish State visit to UKPresident Michael D Higgins exits on a high after speech to Royal Shakespeare Company and spontaneous walkabout in Stratford-upon-AvonSat Apr 12 2014 - 01:00
Michael D the perfect horse for the diplomatic courseThe President will surely get a bookof poetry out of his State tripFri Apr 11 2014 - 01:14
Hospital visit a tonic for proud Irish staffQuiet gathering meant an awful lot to all concernedThu Apr 10 2014 - 01:01
Welcoming eyes of friendship shine through the pompTwo nations let out a most hearfelt and longed for sigh of reliefWed Apr 09 2014 - 01:05
All in a week: De Udders, provocative fables, new scandals and the pope’s visitTDs pay price for being party poopersSat Apr 05 2014 - 01:00
Rabbitte’s dark hints throw new light on mysteryMiriam Lord discusses the Minister for Communications and the sources close to the ears the former Garda commissioner.Thu Apr 03 2014 - 12:08
Alan Shatter feels the hooves of history on his shouldersIs this now an end to the sorry saga of Shatter, the Garda commissioner and the whistleblowers?Thu Mar 27 2014 - 01:00
Twin egos once joined at the hip threaten CoalitionThe two men at the top of our justice system, cut from the same cloth, seem to be turning on each other. And this story is turning into one for the history booksWed Mar 26 2014 - 01:00
Martin pulls his punches in FF conference long on platitudes but short on inspirationSketch: Everyone waited for the party leader to get stuck into the Government. And waited . . .Mon Mar 24 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s WeekZappone leads Seattle parade, Enda does his best Blondie, Fine Gael's general secretary has a week to forget and the Oireachtas golf election goes with a swingSat Mar 15 2014 - 08:29
Taoiseach does the talking for Minister Shatter. Again . . .As Enda faced the Dáil yesterday, his Minister wasn’t on hand to helpThu Mar 13 2014 - 01:00
Flannery emerges as Fine Gael’s top pro Bono manIf Frank wants to do a spot of lobbying, he’ll have to do it from beyond Leinster HouseWed Mar 12 2014 - 01:00
Dáil’s public accounts watchdog found former Rehab chief Flannery neither full nor frankA long and evasive path led to a situation from which there was only one way outTue Mar 11 2014 - 01:00
St Bono wows EU leaders at convention centreAngela Merkel and Enda Kenny fly the flagsFri Mar 07 2014 - 22:41
Enda to impress Euro pals with orgy talesFine Gael will be bonding with 2,000 of their brother and sister EPPs in Dublin todayThu Mar 06 2014 - 01:00
Mugshot puts Kenny’s name on everyone’s lipsFine Gael ardfheis sketch: we’re not saying Enda has lost the run of himself but there were signsMon Mar 03 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: PAC seek Silver Pimpernel in vainEast was east and West was west . . . but not anymoreFri Feb 28 2014 - 21:56
Wallace cuts through the waffle, for all the good it will doThe country is driven mad with this whistleblower stuff, writes Miriam LordThu Feb 27 2014 - 10:11
Enda reaches for the backburner as Shatter faces a day of grillingThe Taoiseach stepped in to stop the Garda row boiling over. The flame isn’t off, but he has bought some timeWed Feb 26 2014 - 01:00
Stonewall Burton stands by Shatter as Red Mick finds an unlikely allyLeader of the Opposition gives credit to maverick MickFri Feb 21 2014 - 01:00
Bizarre story defies Shatter’s drone attackHe talked a lot – but as the meeting wore on, holes began to appear in his storyThu Feb 20 2014 - 08:40
That’s not all folks as Shatter changes tuneThere Alan Shatter sat, while Micheál Martin and Mary Lou McDonald tore strips off himWed Feb 19 2014 - 01:00
Faithful gather for ‘night of the big wind’Tánaiste happy to talk about water, but nothing fishy thank youMon Feb 17 2014 - 01:00
Dáil Sketch: Nothing routine about bugging revelationsTranscript question leaves Kenny uncomfortableThu Feb 13 2014 - 01:01
Ball of smoke fails to fumigate bugs from Dáil chamberMatter of huge national concern that someone didn’t inform someone that something didn’t happenWed Feb 12 2014 - 01:00
No surprise at no demise as Sinn Féin leader extends his unbeaten runThis was a confident conference from a confident party - members exuded belief that Sinn Féin is on the marchMon Feb 10 2014 - 01:09
Cabinet stuck in antediluvian antics as floods wash over countryPerhaps things are about to get better for the waterlogged people of Cork city. Phil Hogan could be paying them a visit.Thu Feb 06 2014 - 01:01
