Miriam Lord: Sixty years ago, the clerics denounced Edna O’Brien. On Saturday she was welcomed homeA flotilla of lake boats carried mourners to Holy Island, where the ‘brilliant, wild, soaring and indomitable’ Irish writer was laid to restSat Aug 10 2024 - 22:42
Kellie Harrington the gem of Diamond Park as crowd roars on their double Olympic championOlympics 2024: Dublin inner-city neighbourhood once more savours a stunning success by boxer Kellie Harrington on the world sporting stageWed Aug 07 2024 - 07:29
Finally apologetic, Derry O’Rourke’s now a paltry old man who doesn’t deserve to sleep at nightJudge Melanie Greally at Central Criminal Court praises rape survivor for her conduct amid O’Rourke’s trial and on her victim impact statement, confronting abuser with the consequences of his actionsThu Aug 01 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Not a dry eye in the house as final whistle sends Armagh supporters into orbitThere are always scenes of wild celebration in Croke Park when the winning county is crowned but the Orchard County fans were on another levelSun Jul 28 2024 - 21:44
Miriam Lord: Raymond Shorten is a dangerous liar. His sentencing did the State some serviceMr Justice Paul McDermott did the State some service when he sentenced the Dublin taxi driver to a total of 17 years for raping two defenceless womenThu Jul 25 2024 - 21:14
Miriam Lord: Swoosh! Down comes the guillotine, but controversial planning Bill is partially sparedDepending on one’s point of view, Minister for Housing’s landmark creation is either a dangerous folly or an architectural gemWed Jul 17 2024 - 21:53
Miriam Lord’s end of Dáil term awardsLooking back at the winners and losers of a term that was full of departures, arrivals, celebrations, apologies and the usual catfightsSat Jul 13 2024 - 06:00
Simon Harris and Mary Lou McDonald call a truce as State rushes to action over Tori Towey caseNo public prayer in the House, but private prayers for safe return of woman detained in DubaiThu Jul 11 2024 - 06:00
‘I won’t accept it!’ Dáil unifies around Michael Healy-Rae after emotional appeal over online abuseKerry TD’s mother ‘never said anything bad about any human being’, he told House - but she was still the subject of tauntsWed Jul 10 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Chambers puts his foot in it, while the Lord of the Dance makes Leinster House cameoMichael Flatley’s famous Feet of Flames should not to be confused with that long running Dáil Éireann production: Pants on FireSat Jul 06 2024 - 06:00
Another crime added to long list by GAAGoSimon Harris leaps to defence of Helen McEntee after Peader Tóibín decries ‘cynical nonsense’Thu Jul 04 2024 - 06:00
Girl power in the Dáil as ‘two very formidable politicians’ take centre stageCatherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall, two of the founders of the Social Democrats, take a bow as the third founder hides in plain sightWed Jul 03 2024 - 06:00
Fianna Fáil TDs rack up the air miles after recall from China junketParty had not cleared deputies for take-off, but James O’Connor flew straight back to Beijing after casting Dáil voteSat Jun 29 2024 - 06:00
Young Chambers of Commerce looked quite miserable during his installationTwo Fianna Fáil TDs ordered home from Beijing made it in time to see colleague welcomed to CabinetThu Jun 27 2024 - 06:00
We say never again. We voice outrage. We listen to the promises. Until the next timeSimon Harris made no secret of his anger at the way Natasha O’Brien had been treated. Might he really do something? He certainly talks the talkWed Jun 26 2024 - 06:00
Michael Collins banished but Enda Kenny welcomed back to Taoiseach’s office for Harris visitHugs between old allies in Government Buildings but friction is building in another Blueshirt bastionSat Jun 22 2024 - 06:00
Roderic O’Gorman is out suspiciously fast with a video he prepared earlierNerve-jangling continues amid much-changed Dáil but sense of pre-prepped choreography to some of the political danceThu Jun 20 2024 - 06:00
Three-cornered stool comes crashing down after another quiet quittingThe Government will runs its course, promised Micheál once more, with feeling. But the Greens have pulled the window downWed Jun 19 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord’s week: Election talk gathers pace as victorious athletes demonstrate how to pass the batonA year on from Tubsgate was discussed at British ambassador’s get-together before Harris makes a dash to CastlebarSat Jun 15 2024 - 06:00
Roaring rural TDs came looking for Dáil insults and Simon Harris didn’t let them downThe Roaring Independents are the unwhipped cream of Irish politics, proudly refusing to take orders from anybodyThu Jun 13 2024 - 06:43
As Sinn Féin wallows in the ballot box blues, Harris does not need any Mary Lou-splainingA return of the Dáil brought back the Punch and Judy show, with politicians across the floor delighted as Shinners winced and wailedWed Jun 12 2024 - 06:00
Amid the success of Fianna Fáil’s Billy Barrys, Micheál Martin is in the grip of post-victory deliriumLooming byelections? Bring ‘em on, boy. The Tánaiste is happy with everything, while count staff, political staff and observers try to preserve sanityTue Jun 11 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Mary Lou McDonald is the chief mourner at RDS as local elections throw up an unexpected resultLocal and European elections: Taoiseach Simon Harris does lap of honour at count centre as Sunday’s tale of two parties came with an ending neither was expectingMon Jun 10 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord’s elections: Highs, lows and awards from the campaignThis year’s contests offered an entertaining cast with a ballot box in one hand and hammy promotional videos in the otherSat Jun 08 2024 - 06:00
Change in the air on Moore Street as candidates get a frosty reception from stallholdersLocal and European elections: Canvassing with People Before Profit’s Bríd Smith and Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, you can sense a cooler atmosphere, and Sinn Féin is certainly no longer flavour of the monthThu Jun 06 2024 - 06:00
Pier-to-pier politicking as Simon Harris parades his personality along Dublin’s coastDún Laoghaire, Glasthule and Howth afford the Taoiseach a chance to take the sea air ahead of the electionsMon Jun 03 2024 - 06:00
Abs fab on the canvass as Richard Bruton goes topless to attract votesCould Fine Gael be exploiting the most famous nipples in Dublin Bay North to deliver a seat in Europe and local elections?Sat Jun 01 2024 - 06:00
Putin crack ignites fireworks before Simon Harris gets turkey and ham for beating a lettuce Seán Fleming’s withdrawal was a mealy-mouthed effortThu May 30 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: ‘Sometimes there are no adjectives left’: No dissenting voices as Dáil rubber-stamps decision to recognise PalestineThroughout the day, a steady stream of people arrived in Merrion Street to capture an image of the Palestinian flag flying outside the Irish parliamentWed May 29 2024 - 06:00
Irish envoy’s UK election bet comes in at 9/1Sky’s Kay Burley reckoned election would be called in November, but Irish ambassador Martin Fraser was on the buttonSat May 25 2024 - 06:00
‘You’re wrong, you’re wrong’ - Simon Harris equipped with bar charts leaves Sinn Féin rivals reelingIt was a bit rich for Mary Lou McDonald to complain about rent supports when her party had often called for spending to be increased, he saidThu May 23 2024 - 06:00
Darragh O’Brien dazzles Dáil with his best housing figures - but don’t mention the leakMinister got Housing Commission report ‘just 13 days ago’ and was not ready to talk about it quite yetWed May 22 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: AI Paschal vs TikTok Ava offers a portal into modern mannersMinister made deepfake photos of himself to highlight issue of identity theft, but got caught in a transatlantic spat over rude behaviour at the PortalSat May 18 2024 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Our national supercomputer is gone, we miss her loads, and the global scientific community is laughing at usWith a computer called K gone from our lives since November, Ireland has a mortifying void in its mega-machine armouryThu May 16 2024 - 06:00
Stephen Donnelly’s nicotine buzz is wrecked by news of pouchesSocial Democrats TD enlightens Minister for Health about nicotine pouches as Holly Cairns echoes Sinn Féin leader’s disgruntlement on housingTue May 14 2024 - 21:36
Mary Lou’s off on the campaign trail - all the way to Massachusetts Irish-American John Boyle O’Reilly Club will be laying out the barbecue, beer and ‘small baked goods’ for Sinn Féin leader, who is their special guest next weekendSat May 11 2024 - 05:30
Miriam Lord: Mary Lou McDonald nonplussed as Taoiseach questions Sinn Féin’s porous stance on open bordersTaoiseach puzzled by Sinn Féin election literature that claims the party is opposed to open bordersWed May 08 2024 - 21:44
Politicians see the light at Green TD’s cubist art exhibitionPaschal Donohoe has ‘always been a really big fan of Billie Eilish’Fri May 03 2024 - 21:18
Birthday girl Mary Lou looking fab as Simon ‘Mr Congeniality’ Harris wishes her a happy birthdayTD Verona Murphy was scandalised by the allocation of school buses in Kilkenny, but her fellow Senators and TDs were in a more celebratory mood with May Day, Mary-Lou’s birthday and Lyric FM all on the listWed May 01 2024 - 21:35
Richard Boyd-Barrett only morto as intriguing nugget revealed in the Dáil‘Shame on you’ - Taoiseach gives Mattie McGrath an earful over his criticism of An Garda SíochánaTue Apr 30 2024 - 22:29
Miriam Lord’s Week: Enda Kenny welcomes ‘our Nancy’ Pelosi with a baffling anecdote Former US house speaker is on a visit to the ould sod - yes, she can claim to be Irish, thanks to the ‘grandchildren’ ruleSat Apr 27 2024 - 06:00
Simon Harris hares around the Dáil like the Duracell bunny - but then the battery goes flat Energised Taoiseach zips through hot-button issues including masked protesters and overcrowding at UHL, but even the Infant Phenomenon has his limitsThu Apr 25 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Simon Harris acknowledges wrong done to Stardust families. Now he must do right by themTaoiseach impressed with powerful State apology for the persistent and appalling treatment of the families by the authoritiesTue Apr 23 2024 - 22:12
Miriam Lord': Social media giants smoothly defend the ‘cesspit’, but our politicians were not convincedFrom over-zealous photo opportunists and MA graduates to comedy speeches at party conferences, it was a busy week in politicsSat Apr 20 2024 - 06:00
Stardust verdicts: Families cried. Jurors cried. Lawyers cried.After 43 years, families hear the two words they wanted - ‘unlawful killing’Fri Apr 19 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Mary Lou – yes, Mary Lou – accuses Taoiseach of ‘playing to the gallery’A tone of icy civility is emerging between Simon Harris and the Sinn Féin leader but on Wednesday the air turned positively ArcticWed Apr 17 2024 - 21:50
Miriam Lord: Mary Lou fires up the burners to roast new Taoiseach, but Simon Harris keeps his coolOpposition couldn’t wait to give Harris a good grilling at his first Leaders’ Questions, although there was a marked absence of first-day fireworksTue Apr 16 2024 - 22:16
It’s Fianna Fáil’s ardfheis, but everyone wants to play Simon SaysParty faithful just wanted to get on with their annual conference without having to talk about the new Taoiseach all the timeMon Apr 15 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: No regrets on the menu as Leo hosts last supper for Cabinet colleagues Clonakilty black pudding was nod to Cork contingent, and Wicklow lamb was for Greystones boy Simon Harris, but former taoiseach played it safe with dessertSat Apr 13 2024 - 06:00
Total eclipse of the Dáil as Houdini Harris does a disappearing act on day oneOpposition outraged as new Taoiseach fails to show up in the chamber, but he didn’t fall down a black hole – he was busy phoning world leadersWed Apr 10 2024 - 21:40
