Miriam Lord columns
Imagine Micheál Martin doing your weekly shop? He’d refuse to look at a biscuit, the house would be awash with broccoli and you’d die for the want of a cheese-and-onion crisp
Verona Murphy is not for extending response time despite interruptions much to Martin’s annoyance
‘It seems the last shower did damn all because they were too busy preparing for the general election, but new boy Micheál wouldn’t know anything about that’
Taoiseach Micheál Martin spots Minister – who had supposedly quit – smoking outside amid proposal to make Leinster House a tobacco-free zone
As the Taoiseach batted away criticism of Coalition’s rent reforms, he may have asked himself, ‘what would the king of Jordan do?’
Questions about the €3.5m IT fiasco, ‘groupthink’ and that promo ad didn’t match the roasting of two years ago over Tubsgate
Nearly 14 years after Shane O’Farrell’s needless death, the Minister of Justice presents a public apology
Cara Darmody made her presence felt as Taoiseach signalled intention to tackle delays for children awaiting assessment
Mooney Goes Wild should do a programme from Leinster House
Martin has measure of Pearse Doherty and Co as Dáil standoff continues over delayed report into children’s hip surgery
Micheál Martin was concerned enough about impending draft report to say ‘the implications are disturbing’
The outcry over the camogie skorts rule made its way from the pitch to the plinth, and ultimately on to the floor of the Dáil
Only one man can ruthlessly deliver and scale up like a mutant amphibious accountant in the country’s drains
Former Sinn Féin leader describes formative years in 1960s Belfast to High Court in Dublin
From the Burke family to Mattie McGrath and Michael Lowry, here are the winners of Miriam Lord's Easter awards
Kerfuffle over the exact status of Eoin Hayes provided light relief on a doomy day of worry about tariffs and the economy
A rare stillness fell on the chamber as TDs and Ministers wished Richard Boyd Barrett well following his cancer diagnosis
A few Government buckeroos squawked their disapproval as Mary Lou and her boys made for the double doors to the right of Verona
Ceann Comhairle went to Dunne and Crescenzi during debate, but this was never going to be her last supper
Hostilities resumed - quietly - on Wednesday over speaking rights row, with grim-faced TDs glowering across the chamber
Two-digit TD for Tipperary gloated dismissively as Opposition raged over Ceann Comhairle’s decision to bring Dáil confrontation over speaking rights to abrupt end
Micheál Martin accused of ‘sniggering’ at Ireland’s housing crisis and dodging Gaza issue during White House audience with Trump
Independent senator wrote to the White House seeking a St Patrick’s Day invite
Everybody has an opinion on what Taoiseach should say to US president during his upcoming visit to the White House
Opposition groups have still not got over ‘the Document of Destruction’
Ceann Comhairle tells Micheál Martin to stop carrying on like a child following goading by Pearse Doherty over Michael Lowry
‘It’s all rather embarrassing. People are talking and not in a good way’
Richard Boyd-Barrett asks why the Minister ‘didn’t bother his backside’ to turn up for two debates in a row
Allow them a little latitude and next minute it’s wholesale ructions and we’re disgraced in front of the world
Taoiseach accused of sneaking a cúpla focal under Ceann Comhairle’s nose
Danny Healy-Rae goes solo on Opposition benches after the old band breaks up, and watches his brother Michael hurry around the Government benches
Women junior Ministers were placed in the front row at the Leinster House photocall but it fooled no one, as just six of the 23 appointees are women
‘Unprecedented’ is overused, but even veterans were hard-pressed to find another way on Wednesday to describe the chaotic scenes in the Dáil
Chaotic scenes in the chamber unfold around coalition of Tweedledum, Tweedledee and Tweedledeal
While the FFers raise a toast to Micheál, no one wants to hear the naysayers giving out about the Raegional Independents having their cake and eating it
A year of change heralds a future of more of the same
Funeral of star of the showband era took place in Cabra, where he sang in the choir as a boy before becoming one of Ireland’s most beloved entertainers
Festive cheer illuminates Government Buildings as ‘all speechified out’ Taoiseach makes brief address
Mixed martial arts fighter fondly remembers bedroom encounter on second day in the witness box
Simon Harris changes his tie to green as he and Micheál Martin wrestle with the champagne bottle to launch Election ‘24
Ged Nash gets the boot even before a vote is cast as chamber hears plenty unparliamentary language
Noel Rock appreciation video sees Paschal Donohoe gush there is now ‘only one Rock in my life’ as the Dwayne Johnson fan praises his FG colleague
Mary Lou McDonald does not have a GUBU moment but a FUSA moment - a ‘Full, Unequivocal, Sincere Apology’
Brian Stanley has gone missing in the political undergrowth, despite noble efforts to find him by media search parties
So why is Mary Lou announcing ‘a complete overhaul’ of these same governance procedures? An abundance of caution or an abundance of caught-out?
Rightly or wrongly, one name was on everyone’s lips
Deputies and senators address each other as ‘comrade’ in corridors as speculation continues about Oireachtas member allegedly recruited as a Russian agent
Sinn Féin and the pricey phone pouches, being better than the ‘bloody Tories’ and the diplomacy of singing with 1990s heart-throb Peter Andre
Simon Harris pained by assertions that his budget blowout was something other than a serious, sober annual financial statement with no ulterior motive lurking between the lines
Even without the place going nuts about huts, there’s a heightened tension and general giddiness around Leinster House
The avant-mudgarde glass and steel erection is already shaping up to be a bucket-list destination for aficionados of Irish politics
Olympics 2024: Dublin inner-city neighbourhood once more savours a stunning success by boxer Kellie Harrington on the world sporting stage
Judge 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 actions
No public prayer in the House, but private prayers for safe return of woman detained in Dubai
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
