Miriam Lord: Self-confessed germaphobe Trump avoided the crowded barsDoonbeg villagers were hurt over some things said in the media over past few daysSat Jun 08 2019 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: The people of Doonbeg aren’t forelock tuggers or cap doffers or eejitsKeeping small towns and villages alive is hard going – Trump’s hotel provides jobsThu Jun 06 2019 - 21:37
Melania-like quality to Leo’s sangfroid in face of Trump’s witless remarksMiriam Lord: Shannon in a lather of stress and excitement before circus heads for DoonbegWed Jun 05 2019 - 22:33
Miriam Lord: PR man takes a swing on behalf of Maria BaileySwing Out Sister interview will go down in the annals of the toe-curlingly badSat Jun 01 2019 - 14:04
Miriam Lord: Leo calls for counsel as swing story refuses to dieThere was a distracted air about the benches as Taoiseach returned from his travelsWed May 29 2019 - 22:09
Miriam Lord: No tripping up Heather Humphreys on insurance issueMinister makes pointed criticism of compo culture as FG throw Maria Bailey under busTue May 28 2019 - 23:13
Miriam Lord: Fall gal Maria Bailey sees dark forces at play‘Humanity has been crossed,’ she sniffed in a rivetingly mortifying radio interviewMon May 27 2019 - 22:28
Miriam Lord: Green wave leaves FF and FG treading waterRyan and Co are an attractive proposition to major party wanting a political partnerSun May 26 2019 - 22:31
Miriam Lord: Down with this particular sort of swing!Dark mutterings of ‘dirty tricks’ as Maria Bailey’s night out hogged the headlinesSat May 25 2019 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Swings and roundabouts for Fine Gael as it seeks to tackle compo cultureLegitimate personal injury case risks taking shine off party’s much-trumpeted crusadeWed May 22 2019 - 22:11
Miriam Lord: Prince Charles glimpses Irish nature at close quartersIt took an Anglo-Irish effort to remove Boxer Moran and Andrew Doyle from the frameTue May 21 2019 - 21:48
Miriam Lord: Charles and Camilla love coming to Ireland, and don’t mind saying itPrince of Wales and President stress close ties at Glencree, ‘No matter what happens’Tue May 21 2019 - 07:46
Miriam Lord: Bare necessities as O’Sullivan canvasses door to doorNaturist warning, Mansion House drink, Stepaside JCB, Daly and singing politiciansSat May 18 2019 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Leo’s Dáil lecture leaves TDs itching and scratchingGreen Party leader was not won over by Taoiseach’s ‘rational’ approach to broadbandWed May 15 2019 - 21:32
Miriam Lord: Broadband is all Labour’s idea, Varadkar tells a stunned HowlinTaoiseach reckons if you can’t get Opposition to support the plan, then make them own itTue May 14 2019 - 22:07
Miriam Lord: Frances Fitzgerald’s dog rescue tweet comes back to bite herFormer tánaiste’s heroic good deed in finding lost pooch turns out to be a shaggy dog storySat May 11 2019 - 01:20
Miriam Lord: Who dares question the rural broadband plan?FG Ministers bristle at suggestion they’re promising broadband to reel in rural votersWed May 08 2019 - 22:47
Miriam Lord: Healy-Rae’s Delaney devotion reaches fever pitchThe Seanad is led to the guillotine as McDowell stages a judicial uprisingSat Apr 20 2019 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Nancy Pelosi and Bono induce fan mania in DáilStarstruck politicians press flesh and take selfies as US speaker and rocker add glamourWed Apr 17 2019 - 22:27
Miriam Lord: Can the FAI survive the attack of the bean counters?Transparency issues still there for all to see as committee demands end to ‘drip-feed’Tue Apr 16 2019 - 22:30
Clare Daly and Mick Wallace to contest European electionsTDs make decision during West Cork trip with Independents4Change membersMon Apr 15 2019 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s week: Never mind Monday – Catherine Byrne doesn’t like ThursdaysMinister has been gamely standing in for absent colleagues in Department of HealthSat Apr 13 2019 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Delaney becomes a slave to silence as TDs go bonkersFormer FAI chief spoke only when modestly outlining his great work on behalf of IrelandWed Apr 10 2019 - 22:25
Miriam Lord: Boosting Cork’s populace part of Varadkar plan to 2040Park-and-ride points posited as balm for long-commuting citizens of costly second cityTue Apr 09 2019 - 22:00
Miriam Lord: Sinn Féin’s answer to St Francis of Assisi canvasses in WaterfordHeartwarming tale of a starling, a hedgehog, a badger and the local election candidateSat Apr 06 2019 - 03:00
Miriam Lord: Merkel frightens horses but owns the gig at FarmleighShe waved and vanished inside followed by an entourage the size of Lower SaxonyFri Apr 05 2019 - 08:33
Miriam Lord: Finian McGrath more skulk than usual swaggerMinister of State ‘like dog who cocked his leg against the sideboard, feigning nonchalance’Wed Apr 03 2019 - 21:26
Miriam Lord: Fianna Fáil wants in on big Brexit plan that doesn’t existIt’s all about ducks in a row when it comes to the Belgooly water supplyTue Apr 02 2019 - 22:04
Miriam Lord: Thin-skinned Taoiseach’s stand-up gags fall flatVaradkar makes lame jokes about Oliver Callan as Michael Collins lip syncs to AbbaSat Mar 30 2019 - 02:00
Miriam Lord: Time to stand still, at least on Leo’s watchDaylight Facesaving Time set to continue, even in post-Brexit IrelandWed Mar 27 2019 - 22:00
Miriam Lord: Everything ‘grand’ for Varadkar amid Brexit chaos‘Le Brexit, mon ami? It will be very difficult, no?’ asks MacronTue Mar 26 2019 - 21:55
Miriam Lord: Wild weekend in Wexford as Fine Gael party meets hen partyThe conference at the Clayton Hotel was livened up by a gaggle of hooting bridesmaidsMon Mar 25 2019 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Tokens, Istanbul Convention and Independent womenPlanning permission, the civil servant who bowed out and male unease at period povertySat Mar 16 2019 - 02:00
Miriam Lord: This will cost a lot of bother and money. And probably your job, TheresaBrexit votes: Nothing can be assumed from Westminster’s panorama of pandemoniumWed Mar 13 2019 - 21:47
Miriam Lord: Dáil walks on eggshells but Westminster goes loonyA fretful Dáil avoided upsetting our highly strung neighbours. It made no differenceTue Mar 12 2019 - 22:00
Miriam Lord’s week: Coveney poetically tightens British ties over dinnerTánaiste welcomed Charles and Camilla to a Brexit-fuelled mutual admiration sessionSat Mar 09 2019 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Boring old Brexit Bill hits the buffers earlyMinister and Munster trade insults after achingly dull debate mercifully wraps upWed Mar 06 2019 - 22:06
Miriam Lord: Maestro Micheál swept away by chamber musicMark Durkan playing second fiddle to Frances Fitzgerald in Euro electionsTue Mar 05 2019 - 22:29
Miriam Lord: Winston Churchtown feels the pressureCommittee members get hot under the collar as Minister pops up in the DáilSat Mar 02 2019 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Once again, broadband proves it’s a political hot potatoVaradkar pushes the due diligence message, while warning costs could be much higherWed Feb 27 2019 - 22:38
Miriam Lord: Cautious welcome in the Dáil for Brexit Apocalypse BillGovernment hopes Bill will mitigate consequences – and that it will never be neededTue Feb 26 2019 - 22:16
Miriam Lord: Rebranding FF ‘the responsible party’ proves trickyMartin makes case for sticking with confidence-and-supply deal to reluctant delegatesSun Feb 24 2019 - 20:58
Miriam Lord’s Week: Giddiness and score-settling in a confidence-shaking Dáil sessionA Maltese minister visited Leinster House and it wasn’t a pretty sightSat Feb 23 2019 - 05:55
Miriam Lord: Motion of no confidence fails to find single targetSimon Harris, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin all take turns in ‘sleeveen politics’ attack sessionWed Feb 20 2019 - 22:10
Miriam Lord: Reeling from all the spinAssembly of the guilty when spinning yarns about hospital costs continue to unravelTue Feb 19 2019 - 22:19
Miriam Lord: Zappone corners Bill Gates to defend Ireland’s honourMinister tells Microsoft man in Addis Ababa that Ireland’s aid funding has not ‘plateaued’Sat Feb 16 2019 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Little love in a cold climate for Martin and VaradkarThere’s a Valentine’s card for the Taoiseach but Micheál leaves his colleagues feeling unlovedWed Feb 13 2019 - 22:25
Miriam Lord: Never mind the cost overruns that nobody noticed. Just think of the childrenThe Government is only talking millions. Piffling amountsTue Feb 12 2019 - 22:00
Miriam Lord: Peter Casey likes to remind us ‘he hasn’t gone away’The presidential hopeful is apparently looking at a run for Europe, and maybe the DáilSat Feb 09 2019 - 00:05
Miriam Lord: Ireland is the cost overrun champion of the worldGovernment aims to get to the bottom of children’s hospital overspend, as we reach the Enda daysThu Feb 07 2019 - 01:00
