Taoiseach out on his feet for sake of nation after a long flightA five-hour delay did not stop Taoiseach Enda Kenny seeing the spiritual side of JapanSun Dec 01 2013 - 22:07
Hospitals in breach of pay policy could face cuts, Gilmore warnsTánaiste says hospital managers must adhere to Government’s salary guidelinesSun Dec 01 2013 - 13:18
Homeless issue a rough learning curve for TaoiseachEnda’s reply was a classic which might have been lifted straight from the Bertie Ahern play book of answersThu Nov 28 2013 - 01:00
A quiet funeral for a brave man the big boys could not buryTom Gilmartin refused to be broken by the greed of a powerful eliteWed Nov 27 2013 - 01:02
No room for FG on Creighton’s busy CVMiriam Lord’s week: Creighton’s too busy for FG; Mary Lou on what makes a ‘Shinner’ and technical problems in the DáilSat Nov 23 2013 - 12:21
Temperatures rise over Enda’s House of CardsDáil Sketch: Trollies at Dawn in a quick-draw showdownThu Nov 21 2013 - 09:00
Dáil Sketch: The ‘unsanctioned’ extra sweetener strikes a very sour noteSugar is bad enough. But Enda also wants to see an end to artificial sweetenersWed Nov 20 2013 - 01:00
Mattie’s never stuck for words...even in ItalianMiriam Lord’s Week: Mattie McGrath’s upsetting episode; Bruton rocks out; Bertie’s Campbell support and Adams sits tight at vets eveningSat Nov 16 2013 - 15:57
Enda feels the foot of history on high-wire actMichael Noonan licked his finger, held it to the prevailing economic wind and decided conditions were right for a tightrope walkFri Nov 15 2013 - 01:00
Let Roy be unconfined!It’s been an extraordinary few days in the short managerial life of Martin O’Neill and his glamorous assistant, Roy KeaneThu Nov 14 2013 - 01:00
Howlin gutted over filleting of Information ActLabour Minister can’t see what all the fuss is aboutWed Nov 13 2013 - 01:00
Martin O’Neill plays media game with styleNew Ireland manager was a model of tact and diplomacy but couldn’t resist some sweet little barbs about his deputy Roy KeaneMon Nov 11 2013 - 01:01
Miriam Lord’s week: Fine Gael suite dreams turn into nightmareTD and Senator confronted by overwrought thespian in early hoursSat Nov 09 2013 - 01:00
Mary Lou sets out to wreck Enda’s digital buzz and burst his warped bubbleDoherty trumpets Anglo tapes but disappointsWed Nov 06 2013 - 22:37
Sorrowful Gerry joins in call to find IRA victimsAdams was certainly unanimous with himself in his opinion that he was one of the good guysWed Nov 06 2013 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: taking to the political catwalkDressed up with somewhere to go for charitySat Nov 02 2013 - 07:44
Appy Enda woos techies with bell-ringing endorsementA large contingent of platform huggers witness Kenny’s Nasdaq momentThu Oct 31 2013 - 01:00
Taoiseach slips back to the Seanad and butters them upJust to show that meant business, Enda had his little notebook with him and scribbled furiously throughout the sessionThu Oct 24 2013 - 01:00
Five years a short time in politics for grey armyTaoiseach’s long convoluted responses a far cry from his platform performance in 2008Wed Oct 23 2013 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: The lives of De UddersTrashing about in the pure waters of Reform Alliance BaySat Oct 19 2013 - 01:00
Devil is in the detail as Reilly’s figures add up to the number of the beastA probity drive is reducing the huge number of medical cards in the system by weeding out people who don’t meet the eligibility requirementsThu Oct 17 2013 - 01:01
Budget of bits and bobs fails to outrage or astoundMiriam Lord: Taoiseach seemed to drift off as his Ministers kept droning onWed Oct 16 2013 - 13:23
Pin-striped Buddha main star at annual love-inWeekend Fine Gael conference was really the Michael Noonan ShowMon Oct 14 2013 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Fine Gael gets the timing out for Limerick conferenceBloomberg chief impresses at Chamber of Commerce dinnerSat Oct 12 2013 - 01:01
All together: Flash, Bang, Wallop, Taoiseach, What a Picture!Even inscrutable Michael Noonan, and the way he might slump in his seat, is looking confidentThu Oct 10 2013 - 01:39
All calm in our Special Area of ConservationAll around the chamber, the protected members of the Upper House can puff and preen and pontificate – by special order of the peopleWed Oct 09 2013 - 01:00
Seanad’s fretful turkeys transformed into proud peacocksFianna Fáil found itself in the happy position of being the only political party on the winning sideSun Oct 06 2013 - 21:53
Fifteen uses for an abolished SeanadThis week Miriam Lord looks at Enda’s breakfast and Cong’s new quiet manSat Oct 05 2013 - 08:57
Taoiseach trips up adding final piece to campaignEnda Kenny almost comes a cropper under the gaze of lurking assassin Katherine ZapponeThu Oct 03 2013 - 01:00
Outside, the living dead . . . Inside, the dead boredFine Gael, Labour, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin were making a joint appearance. Of sorts. They favour a Yes vote. On the other referendumWed Oct 02 2013 - 01:01
During the canvass, we struggled to find anyone in favour of keeping the SeanadEnda seizes the opportunity to showcase his street credMon Sept 30 2013 - 01:00
Dumb animals take to automatic milking with ease – now what about the rest of us?Taoiseach Enda Kenny puts his foot in it at National Ploughing ChampionshipsFri Sept 27 2013 - 01:26
Dáil sketch: Uneasy lies the head that wears the Ceann‘I would like to state that I am being dragged into a controversy over this matter and I resent it very much’Thu Sept 26 2013 - 01:07
Tongues wag over row on appointing new clerk of the DáilSeán Barrett wants to retain legal right to nominate an individual to the TaoiseachWed Sept 25 2013 - 12:26
Elation, jubilation, desolation and resignationParty begins in Dublin after glorious Croker winMon Sept 23 2013 - 01:00
Ireland’s great dictator shakes his head to a TV debateEnda Kenny rejects being compared to Mussolini. By the FF number oneWed Sept 18 2013 - 01:02
Eamon and Joan – Labour’s golden couple of the OmnibabbleBoth are unconvincing in their insistence that they get on marvellously well togetherTue Sept 17 2013 - 01:00
Close run thing as Cathaoirleach saves the dayDespite the serious topic, there was a feeling of summer in the Upper HouseWed Aug 21 2013 - 00:39
Pathetic bravado of a murdererJohn Dundon showed no remorse for the killing of an innocent manWed Aug 14 2013 - 01:00
“Gorbomania” has swept the countryUS ambassador to Ireland Margaret Heckler didn’t know we’re masters at oiling pragmatism with plamásMon Aug 12 2013 - 01:00
Pain, loss, grief and heartbreak in the shadow of the BlackstairsChada brothers laid to rest in CarlowSat Aug 03 2013 - 01:00
Residents of ‘Council Estate’ gather at Áras for a grand day out and a long chat with Michael DA group takes a nice little jaunt to the park for talks with the PresidentTue Jul 30 2013 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Sketch: One last push and a pointless Bill is born, to no joy, but to the relief of all involvedRancorous debates, on abortion and abolition, finally came to a closeWed Jul 24 2013 - 01:00
Heatwave hits Seanad as deputies get hot under the collarThe Senators don’t pack up until next week, although acting cathaoirleach Denis O’Donovan wearily told them if they didn’t speed up they wouldn’t be going anywhere for a whileThu Jul 18 2013 - 07:07
The air froze in the chamber: Walsh’s input was disgustingLook at the damaged, drug-addled, alcoholic, depressed women around you. Because they are among us. In great numbers, apparentlyWed Jul 17 2013 - 01:00
