Miriam Lord: Lady Lou crowned the People’s Taoiseach at Liberty HallAnother earthquake moment at Sinn Féin rally on a mission to disprove seismology isn’t everythingWed Feb 26 2020 - 06:42
Miriam Lord’s Week: A grand coalition of grudges beckonsAn unholy marriage of FF and FG would badly squeeze Cabinet space for both partiesSat Feb 22 2020 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Dáil’s pessimistic return fails to solve leaders’ questionsEarly celebrations give way to gloom as a stable government remains a distant hopeThu Feb 20 2020 - 21:58
Miriam Lord: Posturing, preening and photo-ops dominate 33rd Dáil prelimsNew TDs shown around the Dáil chamber but all the action is on the plinthWed Feb 19 2020 - 22:22
Miriam Lord: New TDs have a great welcome for themselvesOireachtas staff supplied with handy mugshots of new TDs as parties descendSat Feb 15 2020 - 02:04
Miriam Lord: A very strange situation, including Gerry Adams, his PLO scarf and Bee-Gees hairFianna Fáil queue up to give message of ABSF – ‘Anybody But Sinn Féin’Thu Feb 13 2020 - 21:58
Miriam Lord: All change in Leinster House following Change ElectionSocial Democrats savour dizzy heights of half dozen while Howlin steps down with little fussWed Feb 12 2020 - 22:36
Miriam Lord: Sinn Féin voters may be denied the gift they most desireThe one political present they don’t want might yet end up under the tree after allMon Feb 10 2020 - 22:29
Miriam Lord: Election floodgates open for Mary Lou McDeluge and Sinn FéinIt was the best day ever for the Shinners’ leader and the biggest day ever for her partySun Feb 09 2020 - 22:45
Miriam Lord: Leo snaps up the sausages and steaks to beef up Fine Gael’s chances‘An uncertain future to look forward to’ could be the real slogan for this campaignSat Feb 08 2020 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Colour coding is key as canvassing nears conclusionEamon Ryan looks to a glowing green future as Soc Dems parade in purpleThu Feb 06 2020 - 22:15
Miriam Lord: Childcare workers give candidates a wake up callThese are the people ignored by the parties whose leaders look down on them from lamppostsWed Feb 05 2020 - 22:17
Miriam Lord: Mary Lou goes ‘on the run’ as fear factor surfacesThe Sinn Féin strategy is to pack its leader in cotton wool and keep her out of harm’s reachTue Feb 04 2020 - 21:37
Miriam Lord: After the bunfight, Brendan breaks out the bonhomieHowlin seeks to sew things up in Dún Laoghaire with Juliet O’ConnellFri Jan 31 2020 - 22:00
Miriam Lord: The Three Amigos. The lads. The state of themIt’s all good fun, but Shane Ross is under no illusions Dublin Rathdown seat is in dangerThu Jan 30 2020 - 21:57
Miriam Lord: Varadkar avoids the Veronavirus as TDs turn out for Wexford bridge openingThese were no ordinary candidates – they were junior ministerial candidatesWed Jan 29 2020 - 21:34
Miriam Lord: Sinn Féin goes arthouse for Everybody Can Have Everything manifestoMary Lou chooses big installation. The Labour Party goes for chiselled old mastersTue Jan 28 2020 - 22:13
Miriam Lord: Ladies in a lather as Leo barrels into hair salonTaoiseach’s visit is latest in wave of politician invasions, but it wasn’t a complete washoutFri Jan 24 2020 - 21:51
Miriam Lord: Does anyone care if Leo smoked or snorted?Micheál Martin forgot to mention he once had two double espressos in a pizza joint in BallincolligThu Jan 23 2020 - 21:33
Miriam Lord: The left woos Mary Lou as FG tries to keep Ireland's nanas and granddads happyRichard Boyd Barrett insists his party was on the pension bandwagon before anyone elseWed Jan 22 2020 - 21:58
Miriam Lord: Greens take to the beach as signs emerge of a rising tideEamon Ryan and team visit Bull Island to remind voters that climate crisis is no bullTue Jan 21 2020 - 21:30
Mary Lou has to call for the smelling salts as SF councillor deals a knock-out blowParty leader came to talk about health crisis and ended up on the gurneyFri Jan 17 2020 - 21:30
Miriam Lord: Micheál Martin barrelled into a hair and beauty salon. No shame‘I’d get the full Monty here,’ he declared, before focusing on a woman with her head in a basinThu Jan 16 2020 - 22:25
Miriam Lord: Leo is all over the gaffe as he launches campaignTaoiseach brings his Presentables to Monaghan before undoing his good workWed Jan 15 2020 - 22:23
Miriam Lord: Time gets mangled as Varadkar unveils election sloganRift in space-time continuum opens up as Fine Gael offers ‘a future to look forward to’Tue Jan 14 2020 - 22:29
Miriam Lord: The Dara Murphy Fierce Big Job in Europe award goes to . . .Political awards for 2019: Gongs for Varadkar, Healy-Rae . . . and BertieTue Dec 24 2019 - 00:47
Miriam Lord: ‘You’re a nasty piece of work’ - Micheál and Leo clash again as Dáil winds downLeo opts not to spoil the mood with election date while campaign supplies are stockpiledWed Dec 18 2019 - 21:27
Miriam Lord: Leo’s nonchalance and supply agreement with Dara nears an endTaoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader bicker over double-jobbing TD with eye on electionTue Dec 17 2019 - 22:17
Miriam Lord’s week: Varadkar set for family Christmas in MumbaiTaoiseach’s father will celebrate 80th birthday in the land of his birthSat Dec 14 2019 - 05:16
Miriam Lord: ‘You’ve done a damn good job, Minister. You’ve filleted the Bill’Shane Ross’s pet project passes, but its opponents claim a Governmental U-turnWed Dec 11 2019 - 21:51
Miriam Lord: Leo uses UN rankings to shield himself from Dáil attacksUN index that rated Ireland third-best country to live in in the world is Taoiseach's answer to questions about poverty and homelessnessTue Dec 10 2019 - 22:10
Miriam Lord: Air Miles Murphy's EU efforts fall back to EarthThis week saw high-spirited dispatches from Gerry Adams and another twist in swing-gateSat Dec 07 2019 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Poor Dara Murphy, poor Leo Varadkar and all the other victims in Fine GaelLeo’s claim for second term in doubt after Dara Murphy walks away with nice packageWed Dec 04 2019 - 22:00
Miriam Lord: Fine Gael’s invisible men appear for Murphy’s full house‘Air Miles’ Dara Murphy disappears again after confidence vote in Eoghan MurphyTue Dec 03 2019 - 22:05
Miriam Lord: Fine Gael’s byelection hopes fall victim to Murphy’s lawParty leaders make their excuses as their Wexford candidate fails to haul in votesSun Dec 01 2019 - 21:48
Miriam Lord: Barefaced cheek as Fianna Fáil chases make-up billsElection fever simmers as politicians begin stockpiling ammunition – against each otherSat Nov 30 2019 - 02:00
Miriam Lord: How will the Dáil fill a huge void left by a huge void?Ireland’s loss is Europe’s gain as Fine Gael TD for Cork North-Central heads to BrusselsWed Nov 27 2019 - 21:56
Miriam Lord: What’s Leo going to do about You-Know-Who?Party leaders were keen to avoid mentioning Verona Murphy’s name, for different reasonsTue Nov 26 2019 - 22:44
Miriam Lord: Leo makes Wexford wait while Wallace takes the MickLearjet woes, compo culture and Maria Bailey all made an appearance this weekSat Nov 23 2019 - 03:07
Miriam Lord: Shameless FG self-promotion leads to FF conniptionsMicheál Martin not happy as Fine Gael flock to broadband contract signing en masseWed Nov 20 2019 - 21:30
Miriam Lord: Broadband trumpet-blowing silenced by Verona’s bum notesMicheál Martin goes on attack as Opposition refuses to dance to Government’s tuneTue Nov 19 2019 - 22:20
‘Gets moneyyy!’ TDs grumble as sports grant news leaked to chosen fewRivals claim Taoiseach was tweeting congrats to clubs in his constituency before deadlineSat Nov 16 2019 - 01:45
Miriam Lord: John Bercow expatiates for K Club with loquacious prolixityThe florid rabbiting of the former speaker, although entertaining, can become tryingThu Nov 14 2019 - 20:56
Miriam Lord: Noel Grealish cuts remarkable figures with his loose grasp on factsIndependent TD’s provocative question leads to a second day of blowback in the DáilWed Nov 13 2019 - 21:57
Miriam Lord: Rare outing from the lesser-spotted Grealish captures Dáil attentionWe worried the dog at home heard TD’s powerful whistle and escapedTue Nov 12 2019 - 22:16
Miriam Lord: Camera-shy Shane Ross’s plea for poster ban is binnedThe minister for self-effacement asked rivals this week to consider going greenSat Nov 09 2019 - 01:58
Miriam Lord: So long, Uncle Gaybo, even in death you got it rightHeady mix of light-entertainment stalwarts and RTÉ luvvies wedged into wooden pewsFri Nov 08 2019 - 21:30
Miriam Lord: Dáil voting, Gerry Adams’s hair and the never-ending tit-for-tatUnwelcome light has settled on cavalier attitude of some politicians to their Dáil dutyWed Nov 06 2019 - 22:15
Miriam Lord: Original Citizens’ Assembly Gay Byrne takes precedenceCondolences for late broadcaster precede rows about hospitals and ‘money messages’Tue Nov 05 2019 - 22:01
Miriam Lord: ‘Votegate’ takes a backseat as fobbing fever grips the DáilDo TDs fob each other into the chamber? Lt Columbo aka Paul Murphy cracks the caseSat Oct 26 2019 - 02:36
