We say never again. We voice outrage. We listen to the promises. Until the next timeSimon Harris made no secret of his anger at the way Natasha O’Brien had been treated. Might he really do something? He certainly talks the talkWed Jun 26 2024 - 06:00
Michael Collins banished but Enda Kenny welcomed back to Taoiseach’s office for Harris visitHugs between old allies in Government Buildings but friction is building in another Blueshirt bastionSat Jun 22 2024 - 06:00
Roderic O’Gorman is out suspiciously fast with a video he prepared earlierNerve-jangling continues amid much-changed Dáil but sense of pre-prepped choreography to some of the political danceThu Jun 20 2024 - 06:00
Three-cornered stool comes crashing down after another quiet quittingThe Government will runs its course, promised Micheál once more, with feeling. But the Greens have pulled the window downWed Jun 19 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord’s week: Election talk gathers pace as victorious athletes demonstrate how to pass the batonA year on from Tubsgate was discussed at British ambassador’s get-together before Harris makes a dash to CastlebarSat Jun 15 2024 - 06:00
Roaring rural TDs came looking for Dáil insults and Simon Harris didn’t let them downThe Roaring Independents are the unwhipped cream of Irish politics, proudly refusing to take orders from anybodyThu Jun 13 2024 - 06:43
As Sinn Féin wallows in the ballot box blues, Harris does not need any Mary Lou-splainingA return of the Dáil brought back the Punch and Judy show, with politicians across the floor delighted as Shinners winced and wailedWed Jun 12 2024 - 06:00
Amid the success of Fianna Fáil’s Billy Barrys, Micheál Martin is in the grip of post-victory deliriumLooming byelections? Bring ‘em on, boy. The Tánaiste is happy with everything, while count staff, political staff and observers try to preserve sanityTue Jun 11 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Mary Lou McDonald is the chief mourner at RDS as local elections throw up an unexpected resultLocal and European elections: Taoiseach Simon Harris does lap of honour at count centre as Sunday’s tale of two parties came with an ending neither was expectingMon Jun 10 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord’s elections: Highs, lows and awards from the campaignThis year’s contests offered an entertaining cast with a ballot box in one hand and hammy promotional videos in the otherSat Jun 08 2024 - 06:00
Change in the air on Moore Street as candidates get a frosty reception from stallholdersLocal and European elections: Canvassing with People Before Profit’s Bríd Smith and Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, you can sense a cooler atmosphere, and Sinn Féin is certainly no longer flavour of the monthThu Jun 06 2024 - 06:00
Pier-to-pier politicking as Simon Harris parades his personality along Dublin’s coastDún Laoghaire, Glasthule and Howth afford the Taoiseach a chance to take the sea air ahead of the electionsMon Jun 03 2024 - 06:00
Abs fab on the canvass as Richard Bruton goes topless to attract votesCould Fine Gael be exploiting the most famous nipples in Dublin Bay North to deliver a seat in Europe and local elections?Sat Jun 01 2024 - 06:00
Putin crack ignites fireworks before Simon Harris gets turkey and ham for beating a lettuce Seán Fleming’s withdrawal was a mealy-mouthed effortThu May 30 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: ‘Sometimes there are no adjectives left’: No dissenting voices as Dáil rubber-stamps decision to recognise PalestineThroughout the day, a steady stream of people arrived in Merrion Street to capture an image of the Palestinian flag flying outside the Irish parliamentWed May 29 2024 - 06:00
Irish envoy’s UK election bet comes in at 9/1Sky’s Kay Burley reckoned election would be called in November, but Irish ambassador Martin Fraser was on the buttonSat May 25 2024 - 06:00
‘You’re wrong, you’re wrong’ - Simon Harris equipped with bar charts leaves Sinn Féin rivals reelingIt was a bit rich for Mary Lou McDonald to complain about rent supports when her party had often called for spending to be increased, he saidThu May 23 2024 - 06:00
Darragh O’Brien dazzles Dáil with his best housing figures - but don’t mention the leakMinister got Housing Commission report ‘just 13 days ago’ and was not ready to talk about it quite yetWed May 22 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: AI Paschal vs TikTok Ava offers a portal into modern mannersMinister made deepfake photos of himself to highlight issue of identity theft, but got caught in a transatlantic spat over rude behaviour at the PortalSat May 18 2024 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Our national supercomputer is gone, we miss her loads, and the global scientific community is laughing at usWith a computer called K gone from our lives since November, Ireland has a mortifying void in its mega-machine armouryThu May 16 2024 - 06:00
Stephen Donnelly’s nicotine buzz is wrecked by news of pouchesSocial Democrats TD enlightens Minister for Health about nicotine pouches as Holly Cairns echoes Sinn Féin leader’s disgruntlement on housingTue May 14 2024 - 21:36
Mary Lou’s off on the campaign trail - all the way to Massachusetts Irish-American John Boyle O’Reilly Club will be laying out the barbecue, beer and ‘small baked goods’ for Sinn Féin leader, who is their special guest next weekendSat May 11 2024 - 05:30
Miriam Lord: Mary Lou McDonald nonplussed as Taoiseach questions Sinn Féin’s porous stance on open bordersTaoiseach puzzled by Sinn Féin election literature that claims the party is opposed to open bordersWed May 08 2024 - 21:44
Politicians see the light at Green TD’s cubist art exhibitionPaschal Donohoe has ‘always been a really big fan of Billie Eilish’Fri May 03 2024 - 21:18
Birthday girl Mary Lou looking fab as Simon ‘Mr Congeniality’ Harris wishes her a happy birthdayTD Verona Murphy was scandalised by the allocation of school buses in Kilkenny, but her fellow Senators and TDs were in a more celebratory mood with May Day, Mary-Lou’s birthday and Lyric FM all on the listWed May 01 2024 - 21:35
Richard Boyd-Barrett only morto as intriguing nugget revealed in the Dáil‘Shame on you’ - Taoiseach gives Mattie McGrath an earful over his criticism of An Garda SíochánaTue Apr 30 2024 - 22:29
Miriam Lord’s Week: Enda Kenny welcomes ‘our Nancy’ Pelosi with a baffling anecdote Former US house speaker is on a visit to the ould sod - yes, she can claim to be Irish, thanks to the ‘grandchildren’ ruleSat Apr 27 2024 - 06:00
Simon Harris hares around the Dáil like the Duracell bunny - but then the battery goes flat Energised Taoiseach zips through hot-button issues including masked protesters and overcrowding at UHL, but even the Infant Phenomenon has his limitsThu Apr 25 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Simon Harris acknowledges wrong done to Stardust families. Now he must do right by themTaoiseach impressed with powerful State apology for the persistent and appalling treatment of the families by the authoritiesTue Apr 23 2024 - 22:12
Miriam Lord': Social media giants smoothly defend the ‘cesspit’, but our politicians were not convincedFrom over-zealous photo opportunists and MA graduates to comedy speeches at party conferences, it was a busy week in politicsSat Apr 20 2024 - 06:00
Stardust verdicts: Families cried. Jurors cried. Lawyers cried.After 43 years, families hear the two words they wanted - ‘unlawful killing’Fri Apr 19 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Mary Lou – yes, Mary Lou – accuses Taoiseach of ‘playing to the gallery’A tone of icy civility is emerging between Simon Harris and the Sinn Féin leader but on Wednesday the air turned positively ArcticWed Apr 17 2024 - 21:50
Miriam Lord: Mary Lou fires up the burners to roast new Taoiseach, but Simon Harris keeps his coolOpposition couldn’t wait to give Harris a good grilling at his first Leaders’ Questions, although there was a marked absence of first-day fireworksTue Apr 16 2024 - 22:16
It’s Fianna Fáil’s ardfheis, but everyone wants to play Simon SaysParty faithful just wanted to get on with their annual conference without having to talk about the new Taoiseach all the timeMon Apr 15 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: No regrets on the menu as Leo hosts last supper for Cabinet colleagues Clonakilty black pudding was nod to Cork contingent, and Wicklow lamb was for Greystones boy Simon Harris, but former taoiseach played it safe with dessertSat Apr 13 2024 - 06:00
Total eclipse of the Dáil as Houdini Harris does a disappearing act on day oneOpposition outraged as new Taoiseach fails to show up in the chamber, but he didn’t fall down a black hole – he was busy phoning world leadersWed Apr 10 2024 - 21:40
After talking up a tough game, Harris delivers a nearly new Cabinet with no blood on the carpetThere were no axes wielded and precious few new faces in the Taoiseach’s newly assembled CabinetWed Apr 10 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Harris’s first ardfheis as leader hears You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet ... a promise or a threat?Faces from Fine Gael’s past and present line out for party’s annual gathering but the time for big talk by the incoming taoiseach is overSun Apr 07 2024 - 17:29
Grizzled ‘republican family’ veterans turn out for IRA bomber Rose Dugdale’s funeralMourners who forgot to wear Easter lilies handed replacements as service plays host to who’s who of republican circlesWed Mar 27 2024 - 21:23
Miriam Lord: Not so much TikToks as tactics are secret behind taoiseach-to-be Simon Harris Miriam Lord: World tilts on its axis as Dáil gets set for Leo Varadar’s replacementSat Mar 23 2024 - 06:00
Speed at which Team Harris left the traps yesterday raised eyebrows around Leinster HouseNo sooner had Leo Varadkar made his shock resignation announcement than the Minister was marshalling the troops to support him in his FG leadership bidFri Mar 22 2024 - 06:00
Leo Varadkar: A Taoiseach not so much resigning as throwing in the towelMiriam Lord on Varadkar resignation: Heather and Helen appeared teary-eyed, a grey-faced Simon Harris looked positively stricken and Paschal’s bottom lip quivered with emotionThu Mar 21 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Tiger whimpers in heart-melting moment at Charlie Bird’s moving memorial serviceFamily, friends, colleagues and the former RTÉ journalist’s beloved dog, Tiger, gathered in Dublin’s Mansion House for the memorial serviceThu Mar 14 2024 - 21:40
Referendum results: Defeated politicos turn shy as selfie-stick howlers live-scream to the looniverseSenator Michael McDowell, seen as the principal driving force behind the No campaign, lost the power of speech once the scale of the Government’s loss became apparent. All he could do was purrSun Mar 10 2024 - 17:53
Theatre-going Fianna Fáilers would like to create a drama of their ownGreens should be celebrating the beginning of summer with the welcome addition of a new Senator Mal O’HaraSat Mar 09 2024 - 06:15
Miriam Lord: Politicians focused on the only vote that matters - and it’s not Friday’sListless Leinster House in referendums voting week shows the only votes that really interest TDs and senators are the ones where seats are up for grabsWed Mar 06 2024 - 21:07
Miriam Lord: Poor Roderic O’Gorman had to open Women’s Day debate to Dáil’s empty brown leather pop-up seatsAlas, Poor Roderic had to open the International Women’s Day debate to the brown leather pop-up seats oppositeTue Mar 05 2024 - 21:31
Healy-Rae, Buttimer and McConalogue try on welly for size in search for political CinderellaDáil gets the boot, big crowd turns out for book launch, Macroom on the map, citizenship ceremonies and Chicken LickenSat Mar 02 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Minister insists she was ‘trying to keep the door open’ Despite Catherine Martin’s valiant efforts, she managed to slam the door in Siún Ní Raghallaigh’s faceWed Feb 28 2024 - 21:39
Miriam Lord: Catherine Martin explains why she went through the RTÉ chair for a short cutWho hasn’t taken a wild figary and sacked somebody live on air when they hadn’t the vaguest notion of doing any such thing before entering the studio?Tue Feb 27 2024 - 21:52
