All calm in our Special Area of ConservationAll around the chamber, the protected members of the Upper House can puff and preen and pontificate – by special order of the peopleWed Oct 09 2013 - 01:00
Seanad’s fretful turkeys transformed into proud peacocksFianna Fáil found itself in the happy position of being the only political party on the winning sideSun Oct 06 2013 - 21:53
Fifteen uses for an abolished SeanadThis week Miriam Lord looks at Enda’s breakfast and Cong’s new quiet manSat Oct 05 2013 - 08:57
Taoiseach trips up adding final piece to campaignEnda Kenny almost comes a cropper under the gaze of lurking assassin Katherine ZapponeThu Oct 03 2013 - 01:00
Outside, the living dead . . . Inside, the dead boredFine Gael, Labour, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin were making a joint appearance. Of sorts. They favour a Yes vote. On the other referendumWed Oct 02 2013 - 01:01
During the canvass, we struggled to find anyone in favour of keeping the SeanadEnda seizes the opportunity to showcase his street credMon Sept 30 2013 - 01:00
Dumb animals take to automatic milking with ease – now what about the rest of us?Taoiseach Enda Kenny puts his foot in it at National Ploughing ChampionshipsFri Sept 27 2013 - 01:26
Dáil sketch: Uneasy lies the head that wears the Ceann‘I would like to state that I am being dragged into a controversy over this matter and I resent it very much’Thu Sept 26 2013 - 01:07
Tongues wag over row on appointing new clerk of the DáilSeán Barrett wants to retain legal right to nominate an individual to the TaoiseachWed Sept 25 2013 - 12:26
Elation, jubilation, desolation and resignationParty begins in Dublin after glorious Croker winMon Sept 23 2013 - 01:00
Ireland’s great dictator shakes his head to a TV debateEnda Kenny rejects being compared to Mussolini. By the FF number oneWed Sept 18 2013 - 01:02
Eamon and Joan – Labour’s golden couple of the OmnibabbleBoth are unconvincing in their insistence that they get on marvellously well togetherTue Sept 17 2013 - 01:00
Close run thing as Cathaoirleach saves the dayDespite the serious topic, there was a feeling of summer in the Upper HouseWed Aug 21 2013 - 00:39
Pathetic bravado of a murdererJohn Dundon showed no remorse for the killing of an innocent manWed Aug 14 2013 - 01:00
“Gorbomania” has swept the countryUS ambassador to Ireland Margaret Heckler didn’t know we’re masters at oiling pragmatism with plamásMon Aug 12 2013 - 01:00
Pain, loss, grief and heartbreak in the shadow of the BlackstairsChada brothers laid to rest in CarlowSat Aug 03 2013 - 01:00
Residents of ‘Council Estate’ gather at Áras for a grand day out and a long chat with Michael DA group takes a nice little jaunt to the park for talks with the PresidentTue Jul 30 2013 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Sketch: One last push and a pointless Bill is born, to no joy, but to the relief of all involvedRancorous debates, on abortion and abolition, finally came to a closeWed Jul 24 2013 - 01:00
Heatwave hits Seanad as deputies get hot under the collarThe Senators don’t pack up until next week, although acting cathaoirleach Denis O’Donovan wearily told them if they didn’t speed up they wouldn’t be going anywhere for a whileThu Jul 18 2013 - 07:07
The air froze in the chamber: Walsh’s input was disgustingLook at the damaged, drug-addled, alcoholic, depressed women around you. Because they are among us. In great numbers, apparentlyWed Jul 17 2013 - 01:00
Giddiness fills the air – but not from blue Peter MathewsDáil Sketch: the deputy for Dublin South didn’t appear to be taking well his new status as one of the ExpelledThu Jul 04 2013 - 01:01
Cabinet longs for rewind button as EU glory fadesThe Anglo tapes and abortion Bill were poor consolation for sufferers of the Post-Presidency SlumpWed Jul 03 2013 - 01:00
Creighton finally lays her cards on the table without showing them allSketch: meandering Dáil debate will have little bearing on women leaving the StateTue Jul 02 2013 - 01:00
Austerity leaves bitter taste as Leinster House sweet shop shutsThe €1.3m shop at Kildare Street gate closes five years after Bertie Ahern openedThu Jun 27 2013 - 07:08
Enda the executioner hears senators’ last requestsTaoiseach moves Seanad Abolition BillThu Jun 27 2013 - 01:00
Enda’s big plan sure to give bankers last laughThe Taoiseach has provided another Merlot moment for the shameless suitsWed Jun 26 2013 - 01:00
Half a century on, the Kennedy clan comes back to an Ireland it helped make proudMembers of the Kennedy family were on hand yesterday to launch the National Library’s JFK ‘Homecoming’ exhibitionFri Jun 21 2013 - 01:00
Clare too cool to drool as slobber jibe hits home over ObamasSome of the coverage was toe-curlingThu Jun 20 2013 - 01:02
Midges make the most of Obamas at GlendaloughA tour of the monastic site was followed by a trip to Dalkey for lunch with BonoWed Jun 19 2013 - 01:02
America’s first ladies rise for ‘Riverdance’Visit to Gaiety proves major hit for Obama womenTue Jun 18 2013 - 01:00
A pint of Harper is your only manThe Canadians’ love for Guinness is plain, though they just had a few swigsMon Jun 17 2013 - 01:00
Metaphorical McSharry sends in the clownsSligo-based Senator did himself no favours by following up Seanad antics with car-crash radio interviewSat Jun 15 2013 - 01:01
Country before Crozier for Catholic KennyIn recent months, the Taoiseach has been at the business end of a severe bludgeoning, but he hasn’t flinchedThu Jun 13 2013 - 01:10
Marc MacSharry and The Fears of a ClownThe senator from Sligo has a big interest in amateur dramatics, but he isn’t very good at itWed Jun 12 2013 - 01:02
Final farewell for ‘Deano’ a simple and sad occasionAt Dean Fitzpatrick’s funeral, it was hard to believe so much heartbreak could be visited upon one familyWed Jun 05 2013 - 01:00
Reality check for Shattering classThere was never any doubt about what the first matter for discussion was going to beThu May 30 2013 - 01:00
No confidence? But there’s no end to his brilliance’All the while Shatter looked on serenely, eyebrows peaked in utter disdain’Wed May 29 2013 - 07:20
Gilmore goes out on a Labour limbo for ShatterDáil sketch: Minister for Justice deflects questions on his starring role in the use of unrecorded Garda informationThu May 23 2013 - 01:00
Shatter gets through the gap and awayDail sketch: street-fighting Minister comes away from his bout over Mick Wallace controversy largely unscathedWed May 22 2013 - 07:13
Doctors differ, patients fly and majority in Leinster House give abortion Bill a wide berthOireachtas hearings matter little to the women leaving Ireland for abortionTue May 21 2013 - 01:00
Super Simon Coveney earns the plaudits for marathon talks on fishing deal“That man is a machine!” said one tweeter quoted in German newspaper Die WeltSat May 18 2013 - 01:00
