Miriam Lord: Taoiseach issues most vicious threat - banning doughnutsQuestions over photographs of aspiring TDs clustering around a Minister in the hope of electoral jamminess rubbing offWed Nov 28 2018 - 21:44
Miriam Lord: Denis in blunderland and the magically morphing consortiumThe consortium bidding on the broadband plan is different but the same, says VaradkarTue Nov 27 2018 - 22:55
Miriam Lord: Young male DUPers fanboy shamelessly in the vicinity of BorisNothing would make them happier than to receive a Jacob Rees-Mogg doll for ChristmasSun Nov 25 2018 - 20:17
Miriam Lord: ‘Gendered language’ row reveals everyday sexism in SeanadMale politicians react smugly as woman senator overreacts to routine sideswipeSat Nov 24 2018 - 01:59
Miriam Lord: Senator says ‘highwayman’ slur helped rob him of his seatPaudie Coffey suing newspaper over comparison with 18th-century thief William CrottyWed Nov 21 2018 - 22:32
Miriam Lord: Mary Lou McDonald takes ‘sitting TD’ a little too farThe Sinn Féin leader defended her seat at the group photo celebrating women of the DáilTue Nov 20 2018 - 22:38
Miriam Lord: Varadkar’s speech was like a Hobbit’s front door – very low keyGoing forward was thrust forward quite a lot in a speech which was not backward about coming forwardSun Nov 18 2018 - 20:22
Miriam Lord: ‘Frozen semen issue’ delays discussion of Shane Ross BillFilibustering senators debate dogs and drugs instead of judicial appointmentsSat Nov 17 2018 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: It’s oh so quiet as Brexit causes rare Irish vow of silenceIn an uncommon moment of Irish political solidarity, all sides zip it to give May spaceThu Nov 15 2018 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Briefs moment allows Coppinger shine light on rape trial conductSolidarity TD records Irish parliamentary first by producing thong during Dáil sittingTue Nov 13 2018 - 22:19
Miriam Lord: Michael D reinstalled with due warmth and ceremonySmiles all round on a special night as the President shows how lucky we are to have himMon Nov 12 2018 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Brexit's procession leaves everyone hopping madMeanwhile, Catherine Martin shows she has the Commons touch during historic speechSat Nov 10 2018 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Creed’s straight bat sends Fianna Fáil into a spinMinister for Agriculture changes the tune but Opposition still refusing to buy itWed Nov 07 2018 - 23:08
Miriam Lord: Usual suspects engage in vicious backstop backstabbingVaradkar and McDonald savage each other over Border during Leaders’ QuestionsTue Nov 06 2018 - 22:12
Miriam Lord: Áras openness, Michael D and seven more yearsPresident Higgins received a warm letter of congratulations but did Brazil's Bolsonaro?Sat Nov 03 2018 - 05:14
Miriam Lord: Higgins hits right notes in right speech at right timeAirwaves buzzed with talk about the man who came a distant second, and how Casey might shake up IrelandSun Oct 28 2018 - 09:04
Miriam Lord’s Week: I hear you’re a bigamist now, KevinKevin ‘Butty’ Moran’s (first) wife seems quite pleased to have him taken off her handsSat Oct 27 2018 - 01:44
Miriam Lord: Nothing is sacred as Dáil all but forgets about blasphemyApart from Brendan Howlin urging a Yes vote, not many Deputies seemed to careWed Oct 24 2018 - 21:11
Miriam Lord: Clash between Coyote Casey and Talking Tea Cosy disappointsViewers of RTÉ presidential debate got an even-handed free for allWed Oct 24 2018 - 00:16
Miriam Lord’s Week: Toaster police pop up at Leinster House‘Irish Times’ sparks Brussels spat, political women booked and Casey Traveller remarksSat Oct 20 2018 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Higgins, informed and eloquent. Casey, a street fighterIt is lowest common denominator stuff, but Casey knows exactly what he is doingThu Oct 18 2018 - 01:03
Miriam Lord: It’s nothing personal but . . .No apologies for Frances Fitzgerald and no women for new ministerial appointmentsTue Oct 16 2018 - 23:29
Miriam Lord: Guess who should not have come to dinner?Ministers and billionaires are meant to be smart. What were Naughten and McCourt thinking?Sat Oct 13 2018 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Naughten runs for cover under close questioningFrustrated Fianna Fáil chief Micheál Martin resorts to . . . Jack Nicholson impressionWed Oct 10 2018 - 22:12
Miriam Lord: Paschal just needed a chorister’s ruff to complete choirboy imageHead count of five in Dáil bar before the speech proves budget is no longer box officeTue Oct 09 2018 - 21:59
Miriam Lord: Bríd Smith neatly finishes Varadkar’s sentenceLeo knew he was about to put his foot in it on housing, so he put his mouth in reverseSat Oct 06 2018 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Even the dog in the street knows housing policy is brokenFor TDs, 10,000 protesters outside Dáil bring housing crisis uncomfortably close to homeWed Oct 03 2018 - 22:30
Miriam Lord: Gavin Duffy launches himself as a Brexit secret weaponThe candidate has dramatically unveiled himself as the country’s nuclear optionTue Oct 02 2018 - 22:46
Miriam Lord: Michael D will not be spared in an election bloodbathBut which of the chasers can take advantage of chinks in the presidential armour?Sat Sept 29 2018 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Presidential candidates get set to be viciously good-manneredLovely visions unfurl at RTÉ as election debating starts without Higgins and GallagherThu Sept 27 2018 - 22:20
Miriam Lord: Michael D strong on vision guff - but it is of the highest qualityAfter witnessing the 77-year-old you’d be afraid for the other fiveWed Sept 26 2018 - 22:23
Miriam Lord: Leo quells annual tizzy over Christmas bonusKite-flying isn’t what it used to be. This one flew for barely a dayTue Sept 25 2018 - 22:00
Miriam Lord: Tourists ask Higgins to show them the wayPresident helps Germans find Donaghmede while Madigan shows off her HochdeutschSat Sept 22 2018 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Politicians create their own wind warning in Leinster HouseDeputies are stuck in Ploughing-related tailbacks as they return from summer breakWed Sept 19 2018 - 21:14
Miriam Lord: Michael D outshines dragons on ploughing fields of ScregganPresident’s ploughing championship visit leaves challengers with ground to make upTue Sept 18 2018 - 22:34
Miriam Lord: Tánaiste keeps his papal kitten promiseCoveney inundated with cat offers after bribing daughter (5) to greet the popeSat Sept 15 2018 - 02:00
Miriam Lord: Presidential hopefuls take a dander down Daft AvenueCouncillors driven round the bend as candidate selection process goes off the railsThu Sept 13 2018 - 22:37
Miriam Lord: Scally report exposes a heartless, paternalistic cultureScally has shown up a noxious current in Irish medicine in all its arrogant swaggerThu Sept 13 2018 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Let he who is without spin cast the first stoneIn Malahide, a wide-eyed Micheál Martin berated Fine Gael for inventing political spinTue Sept 11 2018 - 21:52
Miriam Lord: Good show, but papal pulling power wanesHugely anticipated visit of Pope Francis to Ireland did not attract the expected numbersMon Aug 27 2018 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Pope begs for forgiveness but years of inaction beg the question: why should we?All smiles and plundering flowers, it was magnificent – for those who wanted to be thereSun Aug 26 2018 - 22:18
Miriam Lord: Zappone puts Tuam scandal to the fore during pontiff’s visit to IrelandMinister addresses him in the language of her forebears and Francis replies in EnglishSat Aug 25 2018 - 21:12
Miriam Lord: Putting Ireland first in sweltering Carlow chamberPotential presidential candidates display their stalls to polite Carlovian councillorsWed Aug 15 2018 - 21:28
Miriam Lord: Mexicans in dreamland but Michael D’s in limboRDS was hopping with champagne, spice bags and tarot cards as President bides his timeFri Aug 10 2018 - 22:10
Miriam Lord: Presidential wannabe moves centre stage on Ladies Day at GalwayGavin Duffy happy to get into any enclosure to press the fleshThu Aug 02 2018 - 22:23
Miriam Lord: Why I am running for PresidentPlus: ‘Make Ireland late again’ – Why I’m running for office of Uachtaráin na hÉireannSat Jul 21 2018 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Ministers bolt for beach after being held captive in KerryCabinet made to wait for emancipation in Daniel O’Connell’s former homeWed Jul 18 2018 - 22:09
Miriam Lord: A daring U-turn on occupied territoriesFF veteran goes from opposing to supporting Frances Black’s Bill, but Coveney’s not happySat Jul 14 2018 - 01:14
Miriam Lord: Meghan and Harry dazzle under terms and conditionsNewly wed prince and actress princess unleash waves of unbridled enthusiasmWed Jul 11 2018 - 23:50
Miriam Lord: Election talk grips TDs as Higgins comes to termsSparse Dáil attendance as Deputies prepare to party with Prince Harry and Meghan MarkleTue Jul 10 2018 - 22:10
