Miriam Lord

Judge Melanie Greally at Central Criminal Court praises rape survivor for her conduct amid O’Rourke’s trial and on her victim impact statement, confronting abuser with the consequences of his actions

No public prayer in the House, but private prayers for safe return of woman detained in Dubai

Kerry TD’s mother ‘never said anything bad about any human being’, he told House - but she was still the subject of taunts

Two Fianna Fáil TDs ordered home from Beijing made it in time to see colleague welcomed to Cabinet

Simon 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 talk

Nerve-jangling continues amid much-changed Dáil but sense of pre-prepped choreography to some of the political dance

The Government will runs its course, promised Micheál once more, with feeling. But the Greens have pulled the window down

The Roaring Independents are the unwhipped cream of Irish politics, proudly refusing to take orders from anybody

A return of the Dáil brought back the Punch and Judy show, with politicians across the floor delighted as Shinners winced and wailed

Local 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 expecting

Could Fine Gael be exploiting the most famous nipples in Dublin Bay North to deliver a seat in Europe and local elections?

Seán Fleming’s withdrawal was a mealy-mouthed effort

Throughout the day, a steady stream of people arrived in Merrion Street to capture an image of the Palestinian flag flying outside the Irish parliament

Sky’s Kay Burley reckoned election would be called in November, but Irish ambassador Martin Fraser was on the button

It 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 said

Minister got Housing Commission report ‘just 13 days ago’ and was not ready to talk about it quite yet

Owners of rugby fan favourite the Chop House were in dispute with rugby body over rented home in Dublin 4

With a computer called K gone from our lives since November, Ireland has a mortifying void in its mega-machine armoury

Social Democrats TD enlightens Minister for Health about nicotine pouches as Holly Cairns echoes Sinn Féin leader’s disgruntlement on housing

Taoiseach puzzled by Sinn Féin election literature that claims the party is opposed to open borders

Paschal Donohoe has ‘always been a really big fan of Billie Eilish’

TD 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 list

Energised Taoiseach zips through hot-button issues including masked protesters and overcrowding at UHL, but even the Infant Phenomenon has his limits

Taoiseach impressed with powerful State apology for the persistent and appalling treatment of the families by the authorities

After 43 years, families hear the two words they wanted - ‘unlawful killing’

A tone of icy civility is emerging between Simon Harris and the Sinn Féin leader but on Wednesday the air turned positively Arctic

Opposition couldn’t wait to give Harris a good grilling at his first Leaders’ Questions, although there was a marked absence of first-day fireworks

Party faithful just wanted to get on with their annual conference without having to talk about the new Taoiseach all the time

Opposition 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 leaders

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 over

Miriam Lord: World tilts on its axis as Dáil gets set for Leo Varadar’s replacement

No sooner had Leo Varadkar made his shock resignation announcement than the Minister was marshalling the troops to support him in his FG leadership bid

Miriam 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 emotion

Family, friends, colleagues and the former RTÉ journalist’s beloved dog, Tiger, gathered in Dublin’s Mansion House for the memorial service

Senator 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 purr

Listless Leinster House in referendums voting week shows the only votes that really interest TDs and senators are the ones where seats are up for grabs

Despite Catherine Martin’s valiant efforts, she managed to slam the door in Siún Ní Raghallaigh’s face

Who 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?

Two grown men, senior politicians and no strangers to flinging insults in the cut and thrust of the parliamentary fray, lose the plot on the floor of the Dáil

Danny Healy-Rae struggled to find the right words to convey his admiration for Michael O’Regan, ‘one of the best Kerrymen that ever came out of Kerry’