Miriam Lord’s Week: Football comes home to the Dáil barSinn Féin supports Colombia with gusto as Leo faces penalties over his US remarksSat Jul 07 2018 - 05:55
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach on Tour loses the run of himselfWhen a politician says a journalist isn’t interested in the truth it’s usually because that politician can’t handle the truthWed Jul 04 2018 - 21:38
Miriam Lord: Hot air and rainy days - there’s less weather talk in the Met Office‘Do you feel wanted this morning,’ Simon asks Mary Lou in one of the weirder momentsTue Jul 03 2018 - 22:19
Miriam Lord: Incoming stork to crank up Leo de Janeiro partyHarris breaks news of wife’s pregnancy while Fine Gael colleagues hit Harcourt StreetSat Jun 30 2018 - 00:18
Miriam Lord: Hero Michael Lowry evades the DáilA Moriartyesque state of affairs as the Independent TD stays away from questionsWed Jun 27 2018 - 21:53
Miriam Lord: The bloody cheek of Monsignora Josepha MadiganHaving a Minister for Culture say ‘I never claimed I said Mass’ is not what you expectTue Jun 26 2018 - 21:49
Miriam Lord’s Week: A century of under-representationPainting of all female members of Oireachtas marks centenary of women’s suffrageSat Jun 23 2018 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Sorry seems to be easiest word in Leinster HouseApologies abound as Leo says mea culpa to the people of West Belfast for tweet that insulted the wrong peopleWed Jun 20 2018 - 20:57
Miriam Lord: Symbolism not lost on Varadkar on emotional dayDavid Norris heralded in Dáil and Seanad as State apologises for treatment of gay peopleTue Jun 19 2018 - 23:00
Miriam Lord: Ó Broin’s PR tricks to highlight flaw in Murphy’s LawAttack ad the latest bout in sparring match between two south Dublin private schoolboysFri Jun 15 2018 - 21:13
Miriam Lord: Scrappy anniversary for Leo’s first year in officeNo cakewalk for Taoiseach at Leaders’ Questions as TDs queue to burst his balloonWed Jun 13 2018 - 19:45
Miriam Lord: Leo removes stigma from consultantoscopiesProcedure involves monitoring movements of top medics using the latest equipmentTue Jun 12 2018 - 22:04
Miriam Lord: Leo marks a year in the job with a fruitful day with SimonThe pair, tied together since the referendum, present food for thought in the Phoenix ParkThu Jun 07 2018 - 18:50
Miriam Lord: Male TDs are out of step as women stride forwardMeanwhile, Fianna Fáil casts an envious eye over Social Democrat talentSat Jun 02 2018 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Another dark chapter in Ireland’s never-ending storyThe adoption scandal is the latest in a relentless stream of dispiriting episodesWed May 30 2018 - 21:41
Miriam Lord: Clare Daly reminds Dáil of the real agents of changeEmotional Independents4Change Deputy tells TDs it was public who led on abortionTue May 29 2018 - 23:14
Miriam Lord: It took 35 years to build this stunning resultCheers and tears greeted the verdict – a just reward for decades fighting the good fightMon May 28 2018 - 02:33
Miriam Lord: Yes, Yes, Yes. A resounding, emphatic YesSuffocating old certainties, unrepresentative lobby groups and celibate clerics swept asideFri May 25 2018 - 23:00
Miriam Lord: Glum faces on No side amid feeling Yeses have itInternational media arrive in Dublin as photocalls and press conferences wind downWed May 23 2018 - 23:55
Miriam Lord: Stoney-faced silence from anti-abortion absolutistsNot a peep from retainers as Varadkar calls their bluff over concern for hard casesTue May 22 2018 - 22:46
Miriam Lord: Don’t underestimate birds’ brains, says Danny Healy-RaeKerry TD reckons it’s okay to cut hedgerows, as birds are too smart to nest by busy roadsFri May 18 2018 - 21:47
Miriam Lord: Her testimony was compelling, but utterly heartbreakingVicky Phelan tells Public Accounts Committee she does not want to die in vainWed May 16 2018 - 22:00
Miriam Lord: Repealing angels have something to hide at Leinster HouseFlying column arrives outside the Dáil just in time for Leaders’ QuestionsTue May 15 2018 - 22:11
Miriam Lord: Denham portrait a picture of slow change at King’s InnsHealy-Raes exhaust patience over driving Bill, Kenny to be named European of the YearSat May 12 2018 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Mattie insists Harris is hanging out with bad companyTaoiseach allowing Minister for Health to cavort with people from Amnesty – McGrathWed May 09 2018 - 22:25
Miriam Lord: Numbers game finally up for Dáil bingoCanny time-hogging strategies by rural TDs a feature of grab-a-number speaker systemWed May 09 2018 - 01:00
Judging Bertie Ahern: ‘We all partied, but he served the drinks’The former taoiseach resigned 10 years ago this weekend. We assess his legacySat May 05 2018 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Cheers to the men calling for compassion‘If a boy gets himself into trouble, can he not take the morning-after pilsner?’Sat May 05 2018 - 03:00
Miriam Lord: ‘Doughnut’ fails to extract Varadkar from jamTaoiseach coincidentally surrounded by women as he addresses serious women’s issuesThu May 03 2018 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Leo’s list of indignities and insults visited on women in IrelandAll sides in the Dáil agreed the CervicalCheck and HSE response is unacceptableWed May 02 2018 - 05:05
Is Winston Churchtown spoiling for a bust-up with McDowell?Miriam Lord on Shane Ross, strange alliances, and a lather of misplaced indignationSat Apr 28 2018 - 00:00
Miriam Lord: Varadkar plays ‘fake news’ card over Cabinet grumblesTaoiseach tries to pin blame on media for reported dissent over judicial appointmentWed Apr 25 2018 - 21:39
Miriam Lord: TDs draw line at images of Repeal artworkTánaiste denounces ‘stupid stunts’ as Solidarity/PBP TDs hold up images of muralTue Apr 24 2018 - 22:10
Miriam Lord: some people can just lift the phone and talk to the right peopleMinister learns that everything remains private until corporate big boys fall outSat Apr 21 2018 - 01:31
Miriam Lord: Lowry’s trip up rural roads skirts INM issueEchoes of times past as party leaders proclaim unbridled love for the mediaTue Apr 17 2018 - 20:54
Miriam Lord: snow heroes to get warm reception from LeoWarm sausage rolls, cold war paranoia and ... the Ceann Comhairle interruptionSat Mar 31 2018 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Simon Harris reads his 'little list' during Seanad stintMinister for Health draws attention to false claims from previous referendum campaignsWed Mar 28 2018 - 21:52
Miriam Lord: Dáil goes barking mad for a dog's dinnerGive the Taoiseach a bowl of Winalot at the next election and he will bite the hand off youTue Mar 27 2018 - 22:15
Miriam Lord: Dáil debate goes from bog to verseMeanwhile, there was a crucial Grand Slam decider that didn’t go to plan in LondonSat Mar 24 2018 - 01:52
Miriam Lord: The day 32 TDs voted against democracyBill allowing referendum passes but significant minority don’t trust themselvesWed Mar 21 2018 - 21:00
Miriam Lord: Leo beams with pride amid march madnessVaradkar’s Doonbeg joke melted away as he paraded on the sunny side of the streetMon Mar 19 2018 - 01:07
Miriam Lord: Tour de Taoiseach hits New York on shaky groundSmart money would have been on Trump saying something stupid. Instead he teed Leo upFri Mar 16 2018 - 22:09
Miriam Lord: When a delighted yet tense Leo met Uncle DonaldTalk of golf and Doonbeg may have landed the Taoiseach in a holeThu Mar 15 2018 - 22:01
Miriam Lord: US gets glimpse of ‘Global Ireland’ that borders on the incomprehensibleSlick production tells US audience about the best of Ireland. ‘What about it?’ asks one viewerThu Mar 15 2018 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Leo eases himself into things before grip ‘n’ grin with the DonaldTaoiseach in Washington for beginning of annual St Patrick’s week schmoozefestWed Mar 14 2018 - 07:58
Miriam Lord: No sour grapes as catering staff recall HaugheyFormer taoiseach ‘liked his grapes polished’, Oireachtas chef tells Ryan TubridySat Mar 10 2018 - 02:00
Miriam Lord: Woman leader eventually heard on eve of Women’s DayDáil Sketch: McDonald insists on being heard in House that often drowns out womenWed Mar 07 2018 - 22:00
Miriam Lord: Chasm and Dave feature as McCabe concludes evidenceGarda whistleblower’s claims disputed in cross-examination at disclosures tribunalWed Mar 07 2018 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Charleton tribunal hears astonishing detailsEmotional Maurice McCabe paints vivid picture of alleged treatmentTue Mar 06 2018 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Zappone’s LGBTI speech makes for interesting Roman holidayMinister, who has Italian heritage, will travel to Vatican for St Patrick’s eve receptionSat Mar 03 2018 - 01:00
