With a last gasp and at the 11th hour Dublin city allows Senator to try againIN THE Rotunda, the air was heavy with expectation. Much juggling of phones and anxious men pacing around the pillars.Wed Sept 28 2011 - 01:00
Foot-soldiers offer lifeline to struggling Dana and NorrisDÁIL SKETCH: THEY ARE the overlooked footsoldiers: those men and women who put in the hard yards at the unglamorous end of politics…Thu Sept 22 2011 - 01:00
Past is another country for Áras hopefulDÁIL SKETCH: I SAY! We nearly choked on our pink gins in the Dáil bar yesterday (or GHQ as we like to call it) when we heard…Wed Sept 21 2011 - 01:00
FF presidential pantomime far from over - oh no, it's notDÁIL SKETCH: Micheál Martin and co may have found an Independent, Continuity Fianna Fáil candidate but they’ve definitely lost…Fri Sept 16 2011 - 01:00
Enda sheds the Lycra but not his FF-baiting habits of oldDÁIL SKETCH: THE GOOD news is that Enda is finally off the bicycle.Thu Sept 15 2011 - 01:00
Shinners enjoy tea and schadenfreude at five-star affairPHOTOGRAPHERS positioned themselves on the first-floor landing so they could capture Gerry Adams when he passed beneath the sparkling…Wed Sept 14 2011 - 01:00
Soldiers of Despondency soak up the medicine before a return to Dáil frayIT’S A laugh a minute here. Packed agendaTue Sept 13 2011 - 01:00
No way back as harsh political realities hit homeIt was a sad exit for David Norris, the man who would be presidentWed Aug 03 2011 - 01:00
Ladies Day punters spend like it's going out of fashionTHE FASCINATOR is dead. Long live the hatinator. It’s the must have, this season. ApparentlyFri Jul 29 2011 - 01:00
Food fest makes economy report hard to digestIt’s not all bad, being a politicianSat Jul 23 2011 - 01:00
Rebuke of Vatican more hard-hitting than a belt of the crozierDÁIL SKETCH: Enda Kenny, with steely eloquence, has ended decades of government obeisance to RomeThu Jul 21 2011 - 01:00
Five-point plan just a sweet memory as future is full of fudgeDÁIL SKETCH: THAT GERRY Adams one is a cautionWed Jul 20 2011 - 01:00
No time to pull strings as Muppet crisis puts TDs in the spotlightDA IL SKETCH: APPARENTLY, WE’VE been reduced to junk. Whatever that means.Thu Jul 14 2011 - 01:00
Joe puts us off our tea as Enda tries to shimmy out of tights spotD�IL SKETCH: FINE GAEL – Men in Tights. What an appalling imageWed Jul 13 2011 - 01:00
FG generals get a lesson as true blue wins dayCox was the bluebloods’ blueblood, but they don’t understand Fine Gael pedigreeMon Jul 11 2011 - 01:00
Opposition puts spotlight on pledges but Enda justifies the meansDÁIL SKETCH: THEY GOT a bit above themselves before the election. Some promises were made that could never be fulfilled.Thu Jul 07 2011 - 01:00
FF keen to keep score but Enda won't be pinned down, literallyDÁIL SKETCH : IS THAT a metaphor in your pocket Taoiseach, or are you just glad to see us? You have to hand it to EndaWed Jul 06 2011 - 01:00
Healy-Premium-Rate to pay €2,600 while nation enjoys priceless gaietyDÁIL SKETCH: IT WAS a very confusing morning.Thu Jun 30 2011 - 01:00
Dial Éireann controversy prompts an innocent Ring toneDÁIL SKETCH: DÁIL M for Murder.Wed Jun 29 2011 - 01:00
Hi Nicky, it's Kenny, Enda Kenny, that's K-e-n-n-yDÁIL SKETCH : The Enda tapes, or where he tries to soft-soap Nicolas Sarkozy the Mayo wayThu Jun 23 2011 - 01:00
Backbench pups scorn dogged approach of Opposition leadersDÁIL SKETCH: IT’S AN appalling vista. Fourteen weeks and the pups are beginning to emerge from the packWed Jun 22 2011 - 01:00
Mortified Enda tells tales about the neighbours from hellDÁIL SKETCH: FOR THE last 100 days, all they have been doing is apologising.Thu Jun 16 2011 - 01:00
Dapper Senator driven to distraction as councillors keep their counsel: COURTEOUS BUT cagey, the councillors listen.Tue Jun 14 2011 - 01:00
He made it easy for us to forget he was dyingTHE BRIAN LENIHAN I KNEW: BRIAN LENIHAN made it easy for us to forget he was dying.Sat Jun 11 2011 - 01:00
Enda keen to drag up FF's murky past but patient Micheál just counts to 100DÁIL SKETCH: THE PAST has a nasty habit of catching up with you.Thu Jun 09 2011 - 01:00
Noonan the brave in no mood for a twinkle-toed Parisian waltzSKETCH: MICHAEL NOONAN in a crinoline, with a big head of curls on him, waltzing around the fleshpots of Europe in the arms …Wed Jun 08 2011 - 01:00
Bad boy Leo goes missing as Kenny calls time on leaksDÁIL SKETCH: WHEN IT comes to shooting from the lip, Leo Varadkar is a bit too quick on the jaw.Wed Jun 01 2011 - 01:00
Seanad's batch of new talents become Dublin city ramblersSEANAD SKETCH: “WHEN A man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfullyThu May 26 2011 - 01:00
State visits slip away as TDs return to sad state of our affairsDÁIL SKETCH: CRISIS INTERRUPTUS. Now. Where were we? Noonan has the floor.Wed May 25 2011 - 01:00
Impresssive Oak Room provides a fitting place of repose for true patriotGARRET WAS probably already ensconced in some celestial television studio, graphs and biros scattered across his cloudMon May 23 2011 - 01:00
Local royal Gaybo presents show fit for a queen as chosen few relish special encounterIT WAS a performance fit for a queen when Dublin celebrated Her Majesty’s final night in the capital city by giving her a send…Fri May 20 2011 - 01:00
Stout defence for brewery visit at 8amUNDER THE circumstances and given the venue, there was only one thing to doFri May 20 2011 - 01:00
Queen honours those who died in the fight for Irish freedomTHIS WAS the moment many thought they would never see.Wed May 18 2011 - 01:00
Enda's killing the Opposition with kindnessDÁIL SKETCH: THERE IS still an air of novelty about the new crowd.Thu May 12 2011 - 01:00
Coalition hopes modest proposals will perform confidence trickDÁIL SKETCH: ROLL UP, ROLL UP for the Great Coalition Confidence Trick! It’s cleverWed May 11 2011 - 01:00
Special guest Máire resorts to the dreaded bridge-buildingDÁIL SKETCH: Few were happy at being dragged into the House on a Monday for a Europe Day debateTue May 10 2011 - 01:00
A bright new era, with buses for all - even members of the CabinetDÁIL SKETCH: AT LONG last, yes. It arrivedThu May 05 2011 - 01:00
Unlike the Anglo signage, the taxpayer is still screwedDÁIL SKETCH: ANGLO IRISH Bank unscrewed its name yesterday. It was quick and easy.Thu Apr 21 2011 - 01:00
Annoyance the signature emotion for Appalled of Kildare StreetDÁIL SKETCH: It seems the worst that bankers such as Colm Doherty will face is the disgust of a TaoiseachWed Apr 20 2011 - 01:00
Cherrywood Adams, Just William and the Woman Next DoorDÁIL SKETCH: THE QUEEN’S visit is presenting a knotty problem for self-proclaimed “woodenhead” Gerry Adams.Thu Apr 14 2011 - 01:00
Shinners gild lily as Martin's cabinet a shadow of its former selfDÁIL SKETCH: IN REMEMBRANCE of our patriot dead, Sinn Féin launched its Easter lily campaign on the Leinster House plinth yesterday…Wed Apr 13 2011 - 01:00
Noonan-speak sends interest rates crashingMinister for Finance succinctly breaks down bank reorganisation plan while stand-ins Mary Lou and Eamon Gilmore break the mould…Thu Apr 07 2011 - 01:00
Enda certainly clear about need for Clarity and CertaintyDÁIL SKETCH: FROM THE observation decks on top of Noonan’s Pillars, you get a wonderful view of Clarity and Certainty above …Wed Apr 06 2011 - 01:00
Deputies undergo their own stress test as they wait for Noonan's bad newsDÁIL SKETCH: Minister gets down to nitty gritty and it’s not long before things go rapidly downhillFri Apr 01 2011 - 01:00
The stress starts today as the real world breaks the spell of Lowry pantomimeMinister for Finance Michael Noonan has no time to join the antics of the Dáil chamber in a row over financial jiggery-pokery…Thu Mar 31 2011 - 01:00
Shielded by Dáil privilege, Lowry takes aim at Judge MoriartyIf Michael Lowry was speaking from the heart, he didn’t appear to move any of his colleagues in the Dáil last nightWed Mar 30 2011 - 01:00
Honeymoon over as Martin claims higher moral groundDÁIL SKETCH: Enda returns to earth with a bang as Dáil clangs with accusations of the pot-kettle varietyWed Mar 23 2011 - 00:00
Mr Kenny goes to Washington and plays them all like a proTHE US branch office reopened for business yesterday. Enda Kenny performed the honours - one happy manThu Mar 17 2011 - 00:00
Fine Gael's answer to the boy named Sue has boots made for walkingA Merrion Street stroll signalled a new era, even if it was left to the ‘New York Times’ to improve Cabinet gender balance…Fri Mar 11 2011 - 00:00
Enda enjoys day in the sun after 36 long yearsEmotions run high on a big day for Kenny and his partyThu Mar 10 2011 - 00:00
