Miriam Lord: Bertie tells us of great injustice done to himPeople have persisted in saying most awful things about our poor departed ex-taoiseachMon Jul 20 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Cabinet takes bonding trip to LissadellMeanwhile, water charges protests outside Leinster House are a bit of a damp squibSat Jul 18 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Bertie Ahern gives master class to the novicesA unique brand of militant humility delivered at banking inquiry with the smiling detachment of an ordinary JoeFri Jul 17 2015 - 17:08
Miriam Lord: SockDems ready to shake up old politics‘Today we are reaching up and grabbing a rung and pulling it back down – to the people’Thu Jul 16 2015 - 01:00
Eager TDs cram Dáil as Gauck has quick gawkDistinguished visitor treated to not very much happening in our national chamberWed Jul 15 2015 - 05:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Wincing from a wallop in the ballotsProf John Crown advises on best course of action when suffering from Seanad reformSat Jul 11 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Anglo golf day puts Cowen in the rough‘Picture the scene: the guys in casual slacks, swapping deep thoughts on fiscal matters’Thu Jul 09 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Wallace draws eyes to Nama’s leaky pipeworkTaoiseach recites Government’s latest reworking of Ode to a Grecian About TurnWed Jul 08 2015 - 07:50
Miriam Lord: Cowen, McCreevy unflappable over FF tentFormer taoiseach dismisses ‘mythology’ about party’s tent at Galway RacesSat Jul 04 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Brian Cowen turns former associates into roadkill over bank crash‘Front-line folk are useful, when an urgent need arises to throw bodies under the bus’Thu Jul 02 2015 - 22:26
Miriam Lord: McCreevy part of a bubble - of self-delusionWhere corridors are wider for inflated egos, ex-finance minister in a class of his ownWed Jul 01 2015 - 22:35
‘We want Jack!’: Miriam Lord remembers Italia ’90 - the best of timesOn the world stage, our players did us proud, the supporters did us proud, we did ourselves proudWed Jul 01 2015 - 08:52
Miriam Lord: Gerry Adams finds Dáil in no mood for bad languageSinn Féin leader amused by Government reaction during exchanges on water BillWed Jul 01 2015 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Ann Widdecombe puts best foot forward at pro-life bashFormer Tory minister is special guest at Ceiliúradh Cois LifeSat Jun 27 2015 - 01:03
Miriam Lord: Minister for Arts holds soirée for soul sistersHumphreys lets hair down with female staff and party colleagues at mid-summer bashSat Jun 27 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Commissioner Cat still can’t get no satisfactionEU commissioner pays first official visit to Oireachtas since his elevation to EU postSat Jun 27 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: SF lose plot in pursuit of Nama outrageHissing Adams steams into bubbling Nama saga but swerves party strains in Rebel CountyThu Jun 25 2015 - 01:00
Grace, dignity and heartache for two lost young livesCalamity of young lives cut down in their prime has touched this grieving nationWed Jun 24 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Talkative TDs give the silent treatmentThe Fearless Four were left sweating on Vincent Browne when put on the spotSat Jun 20 2015 - 16:12
Miriam Lord: The book according to Comrade CardiffFormer senior civil servant tells Joe Higgins he’s now more a socialist than he used to beThu Jun 18 2015 - 23:10
Miriam Lord: Questions set aside as thoughts turn to US‘Do we not see the faces of our own sons and daughters as they start the great adventure of life for young people?’Thu Jun 18 2015 - 01:02
Miriam Lord: Mick is pecking away at Nama’s cagey dealingsDáil sketch: Enda is not afraid of the vultures coming to attack him in the dead of nightWed Jun 17 2015 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Marie Louise tells Mattie the jig is up for his jibesSenator eats McGrath alive over his ‘outrageous’ behaviour in Oireachtas restaurantSat Jun 13 2015 - 14:57
Miriam Lord: The Toddler, the Baby Brute and the questionsRichard Bruton proves an adequate substitute for his party leaderThu Jun 11 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Chilling effect of fear of litigation can be petrifyingDepartment found documents when Murphy’s questions started hitting headlinesTue Jun 09 2015 - 21:30
Miriam Lord: Don’t expect swift end to Denis O’Brien chain redactionsRight to speak freely in the Dáil remains undimmed. As do rights of the free pressWed Jun 03 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Murphy’s audacity is not without precedent‘While Catherine could read her story in, it seems nobody could read it out for fear of Mr Crow. We always thought the national parliament affords absolute privilege to speakers and those who accurately report them’Sat May 30 2015 - 07:32
Miriam Lord: O’Herlihy’s family at the heart of final farewellThose three amigos – Giles, Dunphy and Brady help shoulder Bill’s coffin from the churchSat May 30 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Some puffing out of the Norrisonian chestDavid Norris is the man of the moment in Upper House as Senators join chorus of praiseWed May 27 2015 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: It’s no surprise that Averil Power has resigned from Fianna FáilThere were tears on the plinth at Leinster House after the FF lads had their laugh in KilkennyTue May 26 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: ‘The quiet Yes kept its counsel. They spoke when it mattered’Miriam Lord reports from Dublin Castle where crowds gathered to hear referendum resultMon May 25 2015 - 16:11
Miriam Lord: How about a few awards to lighten the campaign mood?The marriage referendum created some new heroines as clowns played onSat May 23 2015 - 12:16
Miriam Lord: Marriage referendum really is all about the childrenReluctant gay icon Enda Kenny deploys the ‘what did you do in the war, daddy?’ tacticThu May 21 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Fields of magic on trip to the BurrenThe nature-loving royal visitor was in a very special place, and he knew itWed May 20 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: It took real guts for Ursula Halligan to say publicly she is gayShe was prepared to live with her secret – then the marriage referendum came alongSat May 16 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Temperature is self-raising in heated rowAfter much roaring, Seán Barrett abandoned the chair and decided to suspend the HouseThu May 14 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: TDs’ pension questions raise a lotto laughs for HowlinThere’s nothing quite like them for boiling the bloodWed May 13 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: ‘No’ campaign looks to high horse as it recruits ShergarPoster of the Week was in Naas: ‘Shergar Wasn’t Bred By 2 Stallions. Vote No’Sat May 09 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Mattie’s on the dossier, but he’s no Yes manMattie McGrath has been muttering darkly for some time over the campaign for the marriage equality referendumThu May 07 2015 - 01:00
Remembering the children of the 1916 RisingService honours the 40 previously forgotten children killed in the RisingWed May 06 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: FF byelection effort faces rise of Mé FéinJohn McGuinness flies to Canaries for holiday as Carlow-Kilkenny campaign beginsSat May 02 2015 - 11:38
Miriam Lord: Spring release greeted with derisionThe Opposition clearly don’t realise that this week is dedicated to Selfserv, not SiteservThu Apr 30 2015 - 01:01
Shock and bewilderment as Karen Buckley laid to restMiriam Lord: A community came together with great dignity to mourn in great sadnessWed Apr 29 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Martin entices middle back to FF sandwichGolden oldies and optimistic youth pack hall but middle cohort not much in evidenceMon Apr 27 2015 - 08:52
Miriam Lord: Party time for older Soldiers of DestinyMicheál Martin absent as Mary Coughlan celebrates 50th with former colleaguesSat Apr 25 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Nama men give masterclass in infuriating understatementAccount of bank guarantee night makes episode seem even more incredibleThu Apr 23 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Rats, fish and yet Enda can’t smell a thing‘The Taoiseach sniffed the air. Nothing. He would have to go off and get a bit more detail.’Wed Apr 22 2015 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Joan and Mary Lou not feeling the loveWeekly bouts between McDonald and Burton will go down in history of the 31st DáilFri Apr 17 2015 - 01:00
