Miriam Lord: Enda’s double visions for rural IrelandAmid gags about Big Tom and small farmers and fishermen, a bucolic plan is rolled outThu Jan 26 2017 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Enda puts America, the UK and himself firstAmid confusion over Brexit, Taoiseach gives the impression he is on the inside trackWed Jan 25 2017 - 04:00
Miriam Lord: Irish wake in Washington to mourn the Democratic dreamKelly’s Irish Times pub on Capitol Hill is the scene for Martin O’Malley’s eulogySat Jan 21 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Looking for some dangerous liaisons in the DáilAlas, Enda Kenny’s Parliamentary Liaison Unit is not quite Tinder for TDsThu Jan 19 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Ross reports . . . but not about Bus Éireann reportMinister’s Cabinet briefing may have run to tale of derring-do on the number 44 busWed Jan 18 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord gazes at 2017 through her crystal ballEnda finds his va-va-voom, O’Brien sues nobody and Boyd-Barrett is incandescentSat Dec 31 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: The year the recovery kept going . . . for someAll the ‘New Politics’ comes down to is installing ‘abstain’ buttons in the DáilSat Dec 24 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Year: 2016 was a long time in politicsWho was the best newcomer? The practical joker? Who paddled their own canoe?Sat Dec 17 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Simon Coveney turns up thermostat and calls FF bluffFF feel heat and blink first on rent BillFri Dec 16 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Two parties circle each other to square rent issueParty leaders resolutely stand by their respective men Simon Coveney and Barry CowenThu Dec 15 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Coveney like a brickie on piecework in PompeiiOpposition furious about not seeing plans before being asked to buy new rental planWed Dec 14 2016 - 01:02
Miriam Lord’s week: Gerry Adams tries to have it both waysRollercoaster week for Sinn Féin leader began in Cuba, ended with being called namesSat Dec 10 2016 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Farrell enjoys the privilege of baiting Ellis and FerrisFine Gael backbencher unperturbed by angry reaction from Sinn Féin TDsThu Dec 08 2016 - 01:00
Dáil Christmas tree becomes a gender balance issueThe best thing about the annual switching on of the Oireachtas Christmas tree lights is the awkwardnessWed Dec 07 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Eoin Ó Broin rocks Pat Kenny’s boatDenis Naughten writes a Santa letter while Eamon Ryan is a recycling Green machineSat Dec 03 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Water torture goes off boil as Bertie swirls backTidal wave of anxiety hits Fianna Fáil as possibility of former leader’s return emergesThu Dec 01 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Senators lose selfie control during Sturgeon visitScottish first minister said the occasion will live long in the memory, and they believed itWed Nov 30 2016 - 05:55
Miriam Lord: Shane Ross’s rules a red rag to angry Cabinet‘Obstinate, disruptive’ Winston Churchtown managing to rub everyone up wrong waySat Nov 26 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Kenny finds his ‘pojo’ as Vatican visit loomsRónán Mullen tells Seanad ‘we’ve to drain the swamp’; ‘You’d be first to go,’ quips NorrisThu Nov 24 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Horse sense in short supply as talk is all TrumpHowlin thinks Shane Ross may be horsing around while Martin calls him cavalierWed Nov 23 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: On Military manoeuvres at Leinster HousePerfect chinese penmanship and stress relief share the corridors of power with portly ratsSat Nov 19 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Leaders keep Dáil entertained with cyber blusterTaoiseach and Ministers struggle to get heads around international threat of cyber crimeThu Nov 17 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: A bit of a show to impress the ChineseChina’s ‘fact-finding’ visit to the Dáil is derailed by a soliloquy by the man from TippWed Nov 16 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Trump therapy is not needed at Leinster HouseThe silver lining to the Donald’s win – it silences Ireland’s smug Clinton fan clubSat Nov 12 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Denizens of Leinster House suffer bout of DTsTrump will build that wall and ensure Healy-Raes never get across the borderThu Nov 10 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: No satnav aid for leaders eyeing Lansdowne bypassFF chief questions Taoiseach about Aviva location amid public-service pay quandaryWed Nov 09 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Brexit Road Runner heads over the cliffAIB chair draws on cartoon terms to give journalists a lesson on the UK’s futureSat Nov 05 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Unionists not kneaded at Great Brexit Speak-OffFestival of reasonableness prevails as unionists eschew worthy cross-Border think-inThu Nov 03 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: McDowell uses sharp wit to cutting effectMicheál Martin managed to upset everyone and Enda Kenny was removed from officeSat Oct 29 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Senators take on the ‘technicalities’ of drinkThere were high hopes of fireworks during the Seanad debate on the alcohol BillThu Oct 27 2016 - 01:00
Regina spectre: Halloween break returns to haunt Chief WhipDáil Business Committee has no business thinking that it can guide Dáil businessWed Oct 26 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Like a rave from the grave with Dr DaveBawdy touch from Myles na gCopaleen adds life to Fianna Fáil-flavoured book launchSat Oct 22 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Leo Varadkar’s ambitions ‘the talk of the Dáil’Leo’s Leaders’ Questions: FF’s Billy Kelleher says ‘that was a reasonably good first audition’Thu Oct 20 2016 - 22:02
Miriam Lord: ‘Boxer’ Moran and the stories seldom toldIndependent Alliance TD’s maiden speech will come as relief to his constituentsThu Oct 20 2016 - 09:55
Miriam Lord: FG and FF agree to synchronise their clocksNothing like a procedural row, but maybe it’s less not more time they need in Dáil ÉireannWed Oct 19 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s week: “I remember a time when ministers were fired for the smallest leak”Senator David Norris declares himself “bored senseless” by Budget 2017 until talk turns to payMon Oct 17 2016 - 11:26
Miriam Lord: Kenny assures Brexit VIP of his insignificanceHouse updated on Government’s assessment of future consistency of the BorderThu Oct 13 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Many hands make light work of Grope BudgetIt took over three hours, after the speechifying began, for a properly critical responseTue Oct 11 2016 - 21:43
Miriam Lord: Thespian Tom’s art of the 60-second monologueLeinster House’s best-dressed male TD is also in contention for the best actor awardSat Oct 08 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Champions of Garda whistleblowers show gritTenacity of Clare Daly and Mick Wallace resurfaces in long-running Garda sagaWed Oct 05 2016 - 21:50
Miriam Lord: A bit of foreign travel for Michael and TerryChoices for our European Affairs Committee mean that we’ve nothing to worry aboutWed Oct 05 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: The curious incident of the dog in the bootA retiring secretary general recalls a ‘Yes Minister’-style interventionSat Oct 01 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Enda leaves Senators feeling warm and fuzzyWhen the Taoiseach whips out his little jotter, you know he means businessFri Sept 30 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: What goes on in Gerry Adams’s head?Bizarre day as Dáil hears about Kama Sutra, bananas and . . . virgin teddy bearsThu Sept 29 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Yes, Taoiseach, abortion is not black and whiteKenny gets one thing right when confronted about repealing Eighth AmendmentTue Sept 27 2016 - 23:16
Miriam Lord: Party think-ins lack glitz appeal of yoreGreens saved on emissions, PBP/AAA saved face, while FF saved the best till lastSat Sept 24 2016 - 01:00
It was a day in which two action plans got ‘actioned’, writes Miriam LordThere were five ‘pillars’ to the homeless plan. Four walls and a roof suffice for most peopleFri Sept 23 2016 - 01:00
Now Enda rediscovers his ‘moojo’ in TullamoreThis year the ploughing championships are seeing a larger than usual plague of politiciansThu Sept 22 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Mojo is back in Taoiseach’s ballroom of romanceWhiff of Kenny’s M-word lingered through Fine Gael Parliamentary Party MeetingTue Sept 13 2016 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Martin Kenny butt of joke in fruitless Apple debateNo sense of urgency or excitement as Leinster House inched towards novelty voteThu Sept 08 2016 - 01:00
