Miriam Lord: O’Brien left, seething with anger. You sense the relief in the chamberSinn Féin TD garners little sympathy after revealing his brother is a recovering addictFri Jan 16 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Dangerous wind warning as Dáil returnsJobs and jibes make for a serendipitous new year in Leinster HouseThu Jan 15 2015 - 05:30
Miriam Lord: Welcome to Lucinda’s and Shane’s Republic of LooseA fascinating slow bicycle race is in full swing among our IndependentsSat Jan 10 2015 - 14:26
Miriam Lord: It’s political springtime as plethora of elections and referendums loomLabour is a tough old beast. It’ll be up to Joan to put the fight back into the partySat Jan 10 2015 - 14:25
Miriam Lord’s Political Awards for 2014See how Joan Burton, Enda Kenny, Gerry Adams, Micheál Martin and Mary Lou McDonald performed this yearSat Dec 27 2014 - 07:34
Miriam Lord: review of the yearOngoing controversy over water charges has left the Coalition listing badlySat Dec 20 2014 - 06:09
Miriam Lord: Banking inquiry opens to yawns of excitementMario Draghi was asked to appear, but he’s not inclined to - and there’s nothing Enda can doThu Dec 18 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Gerry taken aback as Enda points finger at SFKenny and Martin finally make up over issue of the mystery of the disappearing filesWed Dec 17 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: No limits on our two old MichaelsPresident and Minister have combined age of 144 – but it hasn’t slowed their gallopSat Dec 13 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: No tanks on Leinster Lawn but revolution close to seat of powerGerry Adams, Mary Lou McDonald receive cheers during water charge protestThu Dec 11 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Enda Kenny confidence motion a pantomimeEarly in the debate the Opposition had clearly written it off as a waste of timeWed Dec 10 2014 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Pantibar welcomes Taoiseach for pints and posesBishop of Elphin wonders what Enda Kenny was thinking attending a gay barSat Dec 06 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: I’m a Politician - Don’t Kick Me Out of Here!It’s getting TV-show hectic in Leinster HouseFri Dec 05 2014 - 03:00
Miriam Lord: Mary Lou detonates alleged Ansbacher listGive Mary Lou McDonald a mirror and she’d upstage herselfThu Dec 04 2014 - 07:56
Miriam Lord: The scene of this man’s death seems more shocking than the manner of itJonathan Corrie was not the first homeless person to die in Dublin, he won’t be the lastWed Dec 03 2014 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Lucinda Creighton plans start (and end) of her new partyReform Alliance leader proposes a first: a party that will throw itself out of powerFri Nov 28 2014 - 21:52
Miriam Lord: the ‘big people’ don’t believe each otherNoisy protests, water charges, and children from Monaghan who know better than their eldersThu Nov 27 2014 - 01:00
Dail Sketch: Trapped media veteran a captive audience for TDsGovernment in complete flap over deepening crisis, Opposition sensing blood and hard left believing Revolution finally about to dawnWed Nov 26 2014 - 06:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: tedious TDs no longer fit to be tiedLeinster House in the 1970s sounds like great funSat Nov 22 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Coalition willing to do anything to get out of water charges mess‘They were all ears - remorseful and ready to hear what representatives of the people had to say’Thu Nov 20 2014 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Kenny in search of miracle to part red seaTaoiseach faces anxious wait to see if water charge measures can restore calmWed Nov 19 2014 - 06:00
Miriam Lord’s week: Sinn Féin sits-in as Bertie Ahern rises for 1916Shane Ross found out it can sometimes be hard to spend a penny in Leinster HouseSat Nov 15 2014 - 16:48
Miriam Lord: Adams plays victim over Cahill allegations, to Dáil disgustNone in Dáil other than his followers bought the Sinn Féin leader’s defenceThu Nov 13 2014 - 00:59
Miriam Lord: Wait until next Wednesday when Enda will part the watersThere are only seven more sleepless nights until Enda Kenny tells allWed Nov 12 2014 - 01:00
Callan gets his kicks in the Dáil barThe ICA ladies were disappointed that they didn't get to meet the Taoiseach in Leinster House. Luckily, a well-known comedy impressionist was on hand to cheer them upSat Nov 08 2014 - 01:00
Enda Kenny and Irish Water will give you clarity. Real soonFor a man who has called for ‘clarity and certainty’, Enda Kenny made a poor job of itThu Nov 06 2014 - 12:07
Gerry Adams unlikely to get bitten at Big Apple fundraiserJoan Collins claims water charge is Government’s poll tax and will bring down KennyWed Nov 05 2014 - 01:00
Saturday’s water protest was like St Patrick’s Day but minus the drinkThere were parades and fancy dress, but there was also anger on the streetsMon Nov 03 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Banking film is a guaranteed scary Halloween spectacleZombie banks, dead flies and Fran from Love/Hate – ‘The Guarantee’ is Nightmare on Kildare Street, without the spine-tingling suspenseSat Oct 25 2014 - 09:52
Miriam Lord: My days watching the watchmenHer columns, and now book, help bring the Dáil to life for ‘Irish Times’ readers but Miriam Lord insists she is no punditSat Oct 25 2014 - 01:00
This was not Leaders’ Questions as we know it – it was an unprecedented situation in the DáilTaoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader put Sinn Féin leader in spotlight over Cahill allegationsThu Oct 23 2014 - 08:00
Sinn Féin leader’s infallibility questioned in the DáilUsual suspects refrain from heckling, aware of sensitivity of the subjectWed Oct 22 2014 - 16:44
Miriam Lord’s Week: Burton swoops on Bernard BroganDublin footballer Bernard Brogan swamped by fans in Dail bar – and by TánaisteSat Oct 18 2014 - 09:04
Noonan’s nod to Nidge amid Dáil poetry slamDavid Norris gives them chapter and verse over Wilde waysThu Oct 16 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: lipgloss on as general election wooing beginsIt’s a PR budget from the Corner Boys - P is for Prudent and R is for ResponsibleWed Oct 15 2014 - 08:43
Proud man of ‘the soil’ looks set to stir up DáilThere was a good crowd – lots of men with huge arms and farmers’ tansMon Oct 13 2014 - 08:53
Dáil Sketch: Enda’s galley slaves send him in well armed on the Sinn Féin budgetAdams in good mood for someone who has just found out he has to pay water chargesThu Oct 09 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Enda belts around the byways to cheer the troopsThe Taoiseach is too rapid a canvasser for any dissent to catch upTue Oct 07 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Fierce water fight for byelection prizeAs frontrunners Cathal King and Paul Murphy slug it out, the other candidates in Dublin South West are in danger of drowningMon Oct 06 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Non-invasive procedure can get your credentials up to scratchHealth Minister reaches dizzy new heights of Hawkins HouseSat Oct 04 2014 - 01:00
Ever so humble Big Phil eases off on the swagger and wins new friendsIt soon became clear he had done his homework. He was impressively well-preparedFri Oct 03 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Enda fed up with flawed system where those who want to serve take abuseA sick and tired Taoiseach tries to explain the inner workings of Fine GaelThu Oct 02 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Imma-culate selection not without sinWhatever that sin might be, the Taoiseach remains remarkably unaware of what it is. But he has apologised nonethelessWed Oct 01 2014 - 12:52
Miriam Lord: Even selfie-aware Enda breaks a shweatTaoiseach’s senior conventional stroke was a lively addition to the PloughingFri Sept 26 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Ploughing, celebrities and the papal nuncioAlmost 125,000 turn up at Carter family farm in Co Laois for day two of ‘the Ploughing’Thu Sept 25 2014 - 01:01
Miriam Lord: Noonan leaves FG TDs rolling in the aislesDáil Sketch: deadpan Minister for Finance targets Sinn Féin ‘red-line issues’Wed Sept 24 2014 - 11:32
Miriam Lord: A handy day to ease the Dáil back to irrelevanceDáil sketch: A new season starts but the transfer window remains openThu Sept 18 2014 - 07:19
Labour starts the day with a smile as Micheál makes coalition overturesBurton’s leadership style impresses as think-in a fairly relaxed and pleasant affairWed Sept 17 2014 - 01:00
Struggling in the opinion polls? Shoot the entire parliamentary partyWhatever about its think-in, Labour grabbed the prize for the cheesiest family photoTue Sept 16 2014 - 01:00
