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
Miriam Lord: The pressing mystery of the Four ButtoneersDáil makes a meal of latest shambles to darken its democratic, buttoned-up worldThu Oct 24 2019 - 22:05
Miriam Lord: Leo’s lovely manners stick around during War of ButtonsSchrodooley’s Seat occurs when a Clare TD seemed to have voted and not voted at the same timeWed Oct 23 2019 - 22:04
Miriam Lord: Dáil priorities skewed as War of Buttons diminishes State apologyTDs too busy arguing over ‘Votegate’ to share ‘watershed moment’ over cervical scandalTue Oct 22 2019 - 22:18
Miriam Lord: ‘Plastered’ TD becomes first casualty of non-election feverFergus O’Dowd breaks leg while leafleting and Josepha Madigan’s trumpet-blowingSat Oct 19 2019 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Dáil exchanges turn snappy amid election heebie-jeebiesMartin and Varadkar fight over respective disability sector records as Brexit truce holdsWed Oct 16 2019 - 21:47
Miriam Lord: Westport to Turlough road eclipses Brexit as day’s big revealMeanwhile, Coveney was attending Leaders’ Questions. The poor man needed the restTue Oct 15 2019 - 22:08
Miriam Lord’s Week: Fine Gael troops told to push back against Fianna Fáil swaggerThe party needs to stop talking itself into opposition, reckons Simon HarrisSat Oct 12 2019 - 01:56
Miriam Lord: Was Leo caught rapid reading a budget speech someone else wrote?Taoiseach tries to impress with biblical and literary quotes, but is hoist by his own petardWed Oct 09 2019 - 22:33
Miriam Lord: Welcome to the House of Funds budget for Brexit madnessPaschal Donohoe seeks shelter from Brexit storm in a budget without surprisesTue Oct 08 2019 - 21:48
Miriam Lord: A scare in Sligo as FF ghosts come out for ‘Mac the Knife’Blasts from the party’s past gather to pay homage to former tánaiste Ray MacSharrySat Oct 05 2019 - 01:00
