Have you heard the one about the TD flattened by a lorry on Kildare Street?A MEMBER of Dáil Éireann is flattened by a lorry on Kildare StreetSat Jun 06 2009 - 01:00
Miriam Lord's WeekNow that the voting is over and we await the results, here are our election awardsSat Jun 06 2009 - 01:00
Soft-shelled Brian in 'fight for every vote'ON THE CANVASS with BRIAN COWEN: The Taoiseach seems to spend most of his time electioneering in a controlled environmentSat May 30 2009 - 01:00
Even Fine Gael party pup Leo cannot inject boldness into yet another stimulus packageDAIL SKETCH: IT SOUNDED promising. Indakinny was announcing “a bold planThu May 28 2009 - 01:00
Shay's running for the Dáil, Aoife the locals, and Eanna like a man possessedON THE CANVASS with SHAY BRENNAN: Canvassing is a family affair for the Brennans, down to the use of the late Séamus’s blueprint…Wed May 27 2009 - 01:00
Gormley leaves others to talk horse manureDÁIL SKETCH: A LOT DUNG, more to poo. That phrase has a familiar ring to itThu May 21 2009 - 01:00
Opposition's anniversary bash for BiffoDAIL SKETCH: TAOISEACH Brian Cowen is a year in the job today.Thu May 07 2009 - 01:00
Narrow escape for DonohoeDUBLIN CENTRAL: FINE GAEL’s candidate in the Dublin Central byelection narrowly avoided serious injury yesterday afternoon when…Wed May 06 2009 - 01:00
Fine Gael hearts are raised . . . by their own lovely LeePolitical parties have long lusted after the economic lustre of George Lee. FG landed the catch of the dayWed May 06 2009 - 01:00
A year in the life of BrianPREDICTIONS ARE the bane of a political correspondent’s lifeSat May 02 2009 - 01:00
What we really need right now is to win the EurovisionDÁIL SKETCH: THIS IS all to do with the Eurovision Song Contest.Thu Apr 30 2009 - 01:00
Gormley waltzes in and put on the writs, after much foot-draggingDÁIL SKETCH: IF YOU’RE Blue and you don’t know when the vote’s due, Why don’t you go where the Dáil sits, Puttin’ on the Writs…Wed Apr 29 2009 - 01:00
Too many spanners and a shortage of sharp tacks in the tool boxDAIL SKETCH: EVERY GOVERNMENT needs its ministers – a vital assortment of tools required to ensure the smooth running of any…Thu Apr 23 2009 - 01:00
Discounted developments replace old-fashioned national assetsDAIL SKETCH: YOUNG PEOPLE are our greatest national asset.Thu Apr 09 2009 - 01:00
Coughlan's half-car handmaidensDÁIL SKETCH: HOW MANY Ministers does it take to run the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment? No, this is not a joke…Thu Apr 02 2009 - 01:00
Cowen should take heart from how Bertie saved St Luke'sDÁIL SKETCH: WITH THIS Government, it always comes back to the builders.Wed Apr 01 2009 - 01:00
Gilmore pushes all the right buttonsCONFERENCE SKETCH: IN THE run-up to Labour’s weekend gathering, an advance party from headquarters arrived to check out the …Mon Mar 30 2009 - 01:00
No losing sight of the big picture as Portraitgate rumbles onDAIL SKETCH: IT IS not just the recession that has sent the construction industry into a tailspin, we mused during Leaders’ …Thu Mar 26 2009 - 00:00
Gormley goes green as McCaughey news leaksDÁIL SKETCH: JOO DILIGENCE fell off the wagon yesterday afternoon.Wed Mar 25 2009 - 00:00
Tánaiste gets in a bit of practice on budget menusDÁIL SKETCH: SORREEE! WE’RE all out of Happy MealsThu Mar 12 2009 - 00:00
Queasy Greens looking a little off-colourDÁIL SKETCH: DÁIL STATEMENTS on the Challenges Facing the Health Service could not have come at a more crucial time.Wed Mar 11 2009 - 00:00
Cowen stubbornly stands against the oncoming financial delugeDÁIL SKETCH: IT WAS difficult to know whether the Taoiseach was more traumatised by the door falling off Kamikaze Cullen’s helicopter…Wed Mar 04 2009 - 00:00
A country music uplift is stretching things a bit far, DonieSEANAD SKETCH: YES, DONIE. How right you are.Thu Feb 26 2009 - 00:00
A nod is as good as a wink to cornered banker or blind regulatorSKETCH: NUDGE, NUDGE.Wed Feb 25 2009 - 00:00
Letting off some steam on the monster march“BODIES” SCREAMED the billboard above the Ambassador Theatre, just in case we hadn’t noticedMon Feb 23 2009 - 00:00
Race to unmask the Anglo commandos has deputies jitteryDAIL SKETCH: NOBODY KNEW anything about it until well after the dust had settledThu Feb 19 2009 - 00:00
Cowen battles on regardless as 'Joo Diligence' fails to showDAIL SKETCH: THERE WAS widespread shock in Leinster House when news broke that Joo Diligence, through her lawyers, had declined…Wed Feb 18 2009 - 00:00
House agog as angry Green Hornet condemns sharp practicesDAIL SKETCH: Mild-mannered, bespectacled John Gormley may look like an ordinary Minister for the Environment who goes to work…Fri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
The €7bn man sliced up in bank operationDÁIL SKETCH: “Stand aside Nurse Cowen!” he cried, “I’m going deep into the banking system..Thu Feb 12 2009 - 00:00
Cowen returns to the humdrum after the frenzy of last weekThe media went into overdriveWed Feb 11 2009 - 00:00
Cowen finds his inner ObamaNot a State of the Nation speech once again; big Haughey clan turnout; mystery of the Swedish model; and pretender to Bard of…Sat Feb 07 2009 - 00:00
Joan turns her guns on hapless Tánaiste and stunned colleaguesDÁIL SKETCH : THE TÁNAISTE went for a Burton yesterday. And no, she didn’t have another Dáil mishap.Thu Feb 05 2009 - 00:00
Late in the day Cowen lets his passion showAfter a depressing performance in the Dáil, the Taoiseach finally spoke clearly at teatimeWed Feb 04 2009 - 00:00
Tribalism and petulance rule as Ministers carry on regardlessDAIL SKETCH: "I'M OFF!" Two words from the Minister for Transport summed up his Government's attitude yesterday to discussing…Thu Jan 29 2009 - 00:00
Cool Hand Cowen's huge personal gambleDÁIL SKETCH: What has he got? Has he anything at all? Is he bluffing? Tension has been building for weeks, but Brian Cowen has…Wed Jan 28 2009 - 00:00
'Sooty and Sweep' offer little in way of hopeIt was an unusual message of hope, to put it mildly. Very tough times lie ahead, said Brian CowenWed Jan 21 2009 - 00:00
Offaly poor showingWith a political year as dramatic as this, who could blame the Taoiseach for wanting a bit of Bertie’s luckSat Dec 27 2008 - 00:00
Ministers savaged as hunt hots up for Cowen's invisible planDÁIL SKETCH: THE MAN with the invisible plan scuttled away at lunchtime and won't be back in the Dáil chamber for some time, …Thu Dec 18 2008 - 00:00
Patriotic dining on the menu as Cowen's luck turns liverishDAIL SKETCH: THINK LONG and hard, Ceann Comhairle, before you agree to switch on the Christmas tree lights today, especially…Wed Dec 10 2008 - 00:00
FF cheers up as Biffo comes back from the deadSKETCH: AAH, THE Christmas. It's for the little onesThu Dec 04 2008 - 00:00
Fásten your seatbelts for a ride with the space cadetsDÁIL SKETCH: This 'accountability' talk is almost enough to take the good out of the hard work being done in Florida by Fás…Wed Nov 26 2008 - 00:00
An official opening and that small matter of a rugby matchDÁIL SKETCH: When Leaders' Questions ended, Biffo and the Bull shot out of the trapsWed Nov 19 2008 - 00:00
Good day for carrots but a bad one for young girlsDÁIL SKETCH: AT LEAST Trevor Sargent looked happyThu Nov 13 2008 - 00:00
Kenny's outrage most in touch with public moodDÁIL SKETCH : "This is a war. Win it!" Perhaps Enda Kenny was being a touch dramaticWed Nov 12 2008 - 00:00
Barackmania fails to lift Dail above the mundaneThe spirit of Barack flooded the Dáil chamber yesterday, easing the fevered brows of those who stayed up late watching the election…Thu Nov 06 2008 - 00:00
Dáil hails Three Marys not so full of grace under Opposition fireDÁIL SKETCH : The Two Brians were nowhere to be seen as Fine Gael and Labour got the maul rollingFri Oct 17 2008 - 01:00
Aftermath of cluster bomb Budget leaves all sides seeing redDÁIL SKETCH: HEALTH CUTS hurt the old, the sick and the government..Thu Oct 16 2008 - 01:00
Sustained attack means it is time to confuse enemyDÁIL SKETCH: MINISTER OF STATE Peter Power went on Questions and Answers on Monday night and did his level best to put the fear…Thu Oct 09 2008 - 01:00
Bertie basks as two Brians feel thoroughly scrambledDÁIL SKETCH: A PD councillor joined Fine Gael yesterdayWed Oct 08 2008 - 01:00
Gloomy Government under house arrest as Fine Gael gets toughDAIL SKETCH: Indakinny's withdrawal of pairing arrangements brought sulky Government Ministers firmly back to earthThu Sept 25 2008 - 01:00
