Miriam Lord: Bertie’s swagger is back as the old guard stage a rebellionParking protocol high on the agenda as retired TDs and senators meet for first time since pandemicSat Jun 04 2022 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: International Man of Travel Dalton Philips comes back down to earth with a bumpDAA head was grilled by Oireachtas committee over last weekend’s Dublin Airport fiascoThu Jun 02 2022 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: The airport crisis that fell out of the skyDublin Airport was a shambles back in March, too, but we were told things had much improvedTue May 31 2022 - 21:25
Miriam Lord’s Week: Dramatic quiz livens up a quiet few daysQuiznight raises money for Red Cross while Newsnight fails to roast TaoiseachSat May 28 2022 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Sinn Féin rest Mary Lou as substitute Pearse Doherty strikes againDeputy deputy Doherty was out to impress the visiting Shinners from Stormont by giving the Government a good ear-bashingThu May 26 2022 - 07:21
Miriam Lord: Outbreak of political monkey pox as biggest organ-grinders in the Dáil go missingLeo and Micheál were on a mission to butter up the billionaires in DavosTue May 24 2022 - 19:54
Miriam Lord’s Week: Sinn Féin’s acrobatic motion mesmerises NaughtenTwo Green scalps and Government blushes more valuable to SF than ineffectual motionSat May 21 2022 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: A pyrrhic victory for the Roaring Socialist RuralistsMattie McGrath and Richard Boyd Barrett couple up to force a vote on NMH motionWed May 18 2022 - 22:16
Miriam Lord: Micheál repeats his version of the Penneys humblebrag‘Three hundred years at a tenner!’ Taoiseach cried, as he brooks no dissent on maternity hospitalTue May 17 2022 - 21:15
Miriam Lord: Strange case of the mayor and the maternity hospitalFF TD reveals a line of former Dublin lord mayors were also governors of Holles StreetSat May 14 2022 - 01:22
Miriam Lord: Suspicious minds told they just gotta have faith in maternity hospitalGovernment lines up clinicians and lawyers to allay fears of religious interferenceWed May 11 2022 - 22:25
Miriam Lord: Maternity hospital drama a turn-off for target audienceOngoing saga of the new National Maternity Hospital has a rather convoluted plotWed May 11 2022 - 02:00
Miriam Lord: Irish Times hack can shove his book where the sun don’t shineSickening display of geniality broke out between rival papers at pandemic book launchSat May 07 2022 - 03:00
Miriam Lord: Holohan and Watt Show blew into town but only one got a grillingTony, medic of the pandemic, was given the kid glove treatment. Robert, bureaucratic big cheese, got roastedWed May 04 2022 - 22:30
Miriam Lord: Peat promoters fume over Ford vans and Dáil waffleBusy week with wet turf and whip-arounds ends with a welcome break for the GreensSat Apr 30 2022 - 05:35
Miriam Lord: Green enemies of the turf don’t cut it with MattieThe Rural Independent was back bashing the Greens, a role that has served him wellWed Apr 27 2022 - 22:34
Miriam Lord: Government feels the heat as turf wars reignite in DáilRestraint was never going to catch on with all hell breaking loose over turf cutting rightsTue Apr 26 2022 - 22:33
Miriam Lord: Donohoe’s bookish reputation falls prey to false widow storyMinister makes toe-curling faux pas in exchange with Portuguese counterpartSat Apr 09 2022 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Zelenskiy skips the pleasantries as he addresses the DáilChamber listened in silence as Ukrainian president’s chilling words were relayedWed Apr 06 2022 - 22:21
Miriam Lord: It’s like Bridgerton as chaste Mary Lou scandalised by cad MicheálHeated exchange over carbon tax ends with Sinn Féin leader needing the smelling saltsTue Apr 05 2022 - 22:24
Miriam Lord’s Week: Leo’s Chinese lantern sparks security alert at Leinster HouseLuckily, Tánaiste was in Chile for Paddy’s Day when suspicious package arrivedSat Apr 02 2022 - 03:00
Miriam Lord: Micheál’s back on the yokes? That can’t be right‘They contain a thing called choline,’ says the Taoiseach. ‘Very good for brain function’Wed Mar 30 2022 - 21:17
Miriam Lord: As Taoiseach eggs him on, Mattie gets rasherPicking a breakfast roll battle with healthy Micheál is silly even by Dáil standardsTue Mar 29 2022 - 22:19
Miriam Lord’s Week: Virus surge sees Cabinet isolated in Covid CastleElsewhere, we were doing time on Bernard’s watch, and saw some political engagementSat Mar 26 2022 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Mary Lou not liking the sound of a united GovernmentMichael McGrath, standing in for absent Taoiseach, stays calm for Sinn Féin grillingWed Mar 23 2022 - 21:08
Miriam Lord: Angry Varadkar calls out Healy-Rae as Kerry TD goes on the offensiveTánaiste's outrage is far from manufactured as he asks Michael Healy-Rae to reflect on commentTue Mar 22 2022 - 22:57
Miriam Lord: Uncharted territory for 21st-century EuropeTwo years into Covid, we face further fear and uncertainty, but now Putin is the virusSat Mar 12 2022 - 01:28
Miriam Lord: Verona Murphy sucking diesel in blistering attack on TaoiseachIndependent TD demands ‘extraordinary measures’ to combat fuel and food price risesWed Mar 09 2022 - 21:51
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach keeps toolbox hidden despite pressure over pricesMary Lou McDonald determinedly leads the charge in Dáil in seeking action on fuel costsTue Mar 08 2022 - 21:54
Miriam Lord: Labour’s great unclenching follows clinical cancellation of Alan KellySwift coronation of ‘Princess Ivana’ seemingly a foregone conclusionSat Mar 05 2022 - 01:22
Miriam Lord: Emotions run high as Labour assassins decommission AK-47‘The lads’ stood silently around Alan Kelly as, close to tears, he delivered his shock resignationWed Mar 02 2022 - 22:43
Miriam Lord: Micheál and Mary Lou see eye to eye – never a good omenLeinster House is united in condemnation of ‘bully and thug’ Vladimir PutinTue Mar 01 2022 - 22:20
Miriam Lord's Week: Donohoe and Ó Broin slug it out in battle of political nerdsMinister for Finance and Sinn Féin’s housing spokesman get all academic over carbon taxSat Feb 26 2022 - 05:15
Miriam Lord: Normal service resumes in the Groundhog DáilMicheál Martin and Mary Lou McDonald stuck in monotonous and unpleasant loopWed Feb 23 2022 - 22:15
Miriam Lord: To McGrath, crossing swords means a trip through north Co DublinThe Taoiseach is off saving the world, and his stand-in doesn’t really do excitementTue Feb 22 2022 - 21:51
Miriam Lord: It’s like The Lyrics Board in Leinster HouseGreen Party TD not the first to quote lines from old pop songs during Dáil sessionSat Feb 19 2022 - 01:57
Miriam Lord: The Seanad, where bilateral relationships beginCathaoirleach welcomes Lithuanian ambassador in latest show of international solidarityWed Feb 16 2022 - 22:02
Miriam Lord: Every little helps, but Mary Lou reckons it’s not helping enoughCoalition’s Tesco approach to cost-of-living measures gets short shrift from OppositionTue Feb 15 2022 - 22:10
Miriam Lord’s Week: Stephen Donnelly returns from UAE to a nasty surpriseBackslapping Fine Gael Senator puts his foot in it while Russia gets lost in the boogieSat Feb 12 2022 - 02:00
Miriam Lord: Micheál’s field of dreams for housing faces some ugly home truthsDáil again hears of quiet desperation of the housing crisis – and Taoiseach’s one-word solutionWed Feb 09 2022 - 22:34
Miriam Lord: Feathers fly as Mattie McGrath rips into Coalition’s cushionRoaring Independents blame ‘evil’ Green Party for rising fuel costs and carbon taxesTue Feb 08 2022 - 22:26
Miriam Lord: Who will commemorate the Partition of Clifden in 2120?In 100 years, there could be deep divisions around marking the centenary of GolfgateSat Feb 05 2022 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: And just like that, Golfgate is brought to a swift and sudden endIn just under four minutes Judge Mary Fahy dismissed 18 months of absolute madnessFri Feb 04 2022 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Norris honours two 100-year-olds in Seanad comebackLongest-serving Senator makes warmly received speech celebrating Ulysses centenaryWed Feb 02 2022 - 20:40
Miriam Lord: Government struggles to keep a cork in DFA ‘sparkling wine’ scandalSinn Féin politicians highly affronted when taken to task for organising Storey funeralTue Feb 01 2022 - 22:30
Miriam Lord’s Week: Dad’s army musters in the Dáil to repel the Russian threatRear admiral Gerry Craughwell prepared to launch secret weapon aka Simon CoveneySat Jan 29 2022 - 02:00
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach’s patience snaps as Mary Lou plays the elitism cardGood news about Robert Watt’s salary sustains us through bitter rows in the DáilWed Jan 26 2022 - 22:34
Miriam Lord: Dáil’s big reopening day turns out to be not so bigThe stools have returned to their rightful place at the counter in the Dáil barTue Jan 25 2022 - 22:49
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach full of the joys of spring as Omicron storm passesMicheál Martin relieved to be bringing good news on Ireland’s new Independence DaySat Jan 22 2022 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Another watershed moment? Maybe this time it will be differentSpecial Dáil session on violence against women was compelling and heart-grippingWed Jan 19 2022 - 23:00
