Miriam Lord: Angry Varadkar calls out Healy-Rae as Kerry TD goes on the offensiveTánaiste's outrage is far from manufactured as he asks Michael Healy-Rae to reflect on commentTue Mar 22 2022 - 22:57
Miriam Lord: Uncharted territory for 21st-century EuropeTwo years into Covid, we face further fear and uncertainty, but now Putin is the virusSat Mar 12 2022 - 01:28
Miriam Lord: Verona Murphy sucking diesel in blistering attack on TaoiseachIndependent TD demands ‘extraordinary measures’ to combat fuel and food price risesWed Mar 09 2022 - 21:51
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach keeps toolbox hidden despite pressure over pricesMary Lou McDonald determinedly leads the charge in Dáil in seeking action on fuel costsTue Mar 08 2022 - 21:54
Miriam Lord: Labour’s great unclenching follows clinical cancellation of Alan KellySwift coronation of ‘Princess Ivana’ seemingly a foregone conclusionSat Mar 05 2022 - 01:22
Miriam Lord: Emotions run high as Labour assassins decommission AK-47‘The lads’ stood silently around Alan Kelly as, close to tears, he delivered his shock resignationWed Mar 02 2022 - 22:43
Miriam Lord: Micheál and Mary Lou see eye to eye – never a good omenLeinster House is united in condemnation of ‘bully and thug’ Vladimir PutinTue Mar 01 2022 - 22:20
Miriam Lord's Week: Donohoe and Ó Broin slug it out in battle of political nerdsMinister for Finance and Sinn Féin’s housing spokesman get all academic over carbon taxSat Feb 26 2022 - 05:15
Miriam Lord: Normal service resumes in the Groundhog DáilMicheál Martin and Mary Lou McDonald stuck in monotonous and unpleasant loopWed Feb 23 2022 - 22:15
Miriam Lord: To McGrath, crossing swords means a trip through north Co DublinThe Taoiseach is off saving the world, and his stand-in doesn’t really do excitementTue Feb 22 2022 - 21:51
Miriam Lord: It’s like The Lyrics Board in Leinster HouseGreen Party TD not the first to quote lines from old pop songs during Dáil sessionSat Feb 19 2022 - 01:57
Miriam Lord: The Seanad, where bilateral relationships beginCathaoirleach welcomes Lithuanian ambassador in latest show of international solidarityWed Feb 16 2022 - 22:02
Miriam Lord: Every little helps, but Mary Lou reckons it’s not helping enoughCoalition’s Tesco approach to cost-of-living measures gets short shrift from OppositionTue Feb 15 2022 - 22:10
Miriam Lord’s Week: Stephen Donnelly returns from UAE to a nasty surpriseBackslapping Fine Gael Senator puts his foot in it while Russia gets lost in the boogieSat Feb 12 2022 - 02:00
Miriam Lord: Micheál’s field of dreams for housing faces some ugly home truthsDáil again hears of quiet desperation of the housing crisis – and Taoiseach’s one-word solutionWed Feb 09 2022 - 22:34
Miriam Lord: Feathers fly as Mattie McGrath rips into Coalition’s cushionRoaring Independents blame ‘evil’ Green Party for rising fuel costs and carbon taxesTue Feb 08 2022 - 22:26
Miriam Lord: Who will commemorate the Partition of Clifden in 2120?In 100 years, there could be deep divisions around marking the centenary of GolfgateSat Feb 05 2022 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: And just like that, Golfgate is brought to a swift and sudden endIn just under four minutes Judge Mary Fahy dismissed 18 months of absolute madnessFri Feb 04 2022 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Norris honours two 100-year-olds in Seanad comebackLongest-serving Senator makes warmly received speech celebrating Ulysses centenaryWed Feb 02 2022 - 20:40
Miriam Lord: Government struggles to keep a cork in DFA ‘sparkling wine’ scandalSinn Féin politicians highly affronted when taken to task for organising Storey funeralTue Feb 01 2022 - 22:30
Miriam Lord’s Week: Dad’s army musters in the Dáil to repel the Russian threatRear admiral Gerry Craughwell prepared to launch secret weapon aka Simon CoveneySat Jan 29 2022 - 02:00
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach’s patience snaps as Mary Lou plays the elitism cardGood news about Robert Watt’s salary sustains us through bitter rows in the DáilWed Jan 26 2022 - 22:34
Miriam Lord: Dáil’s big reopening day turns out to be not so bigThe stools have returned to their rightful place at the counter in the Dáil barTue Jan 25 2022 - 22:49
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach full of the joys of spring as Omicron storm passesMicheál Martin relieved to be bringing good news on Ireland’s new Independence DaySat Jan 22 2022 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Another watershed moment? Maybe this time it will be differentSpecial Dáil session on violence against women was compelling and heart-grippingWed Jan 19 2022 - 23:00
Ashling Murphy’s funeral: ‘We grieve, we pray, we hurt – this is the heavy price we pay for love’Miriam Lord: A young life needlessly ended. The world changed forever for those left behindTue Jan 18 2022 - 22:29
Miriam Lord: Colourful handover ceremony restores dignity to Dublin CastleWas Varadkar looking for ideas for a more personal handover of power later this year?Sun Jan 16 2022 - 22:17
Miriam Lord: Between the headline atrocities men seem to quickly forget all that women saidWe need to stop the ‘entry-level’ aggression in order to save women’s livesFri Jan 14 2022 - 22:17
Miriam Lord: Celeb witness Séamus Woulfe dazzles all with his knowledgeThe Supreme Court judge ambled into Golfgate trial with a stack of files under his oxterFri Jan 07 2022 - 22:19
Miriam Lord: Golfgate trial lawyers come out swingingLegal heavyweights out in force in Galway – although golf is not exactly their cup of teeThu Jan 06 2022 - 23:00
Miriam Lord’s 2021 Awards: Coalition had to Sinn and bear it in the year of Mary LouDanny Healy-Rae left to his own device as Zapponegate saw Government rocked by a roleFri Dec 24 2021 - 02:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Dáil assured Santa won’t be caught in Brexit red tapeTDs and Senators pose with their pets and Howlin marks a special anniversarySat Dec 18 2021 - 04:00
Miriam Lord: Unprecedented outbreak of civility ruins Leaders’ QuestionsAlan Kelly gets a bout of Christmas spirit and Mattie McGrath gets nostalgic about Big TomWed Dec 15 2021 - 22:22
Miriam Lord: When it comes to Christmas craic, Sinn Féin is an absolute hootGiddy mood in the chamber, even talk of Tipperary hospital turned fruityTue Dec 14 2021 - 21:29
Miriam Lord: It’s a merry Gerry Christmas as Sinn Féin tops popularity pollShinners are cock-a-hoop, but there’s a touch of ‘house private, no flowers’ about FF and FGSat Dec 11 2021 - 01:01
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach a strange hybrid of Tommy Cooper and CorkToo much to expect Micheál Martin to conduct Leaders’ Questions wearing great entertainer’s trademark red fezWed Dec 08 2021 - 22:35
Miriam Lord: Alan fires up justice crusade for muzzled medicsTaoiseach insists there is no gag and the Government has just decided to ‘co-ordinate’ the ladsTue Dec 07 2021 - 22:32
Miriam Lord: Will Michael D know it’s Christmas time at all?President could be on the Bob Cratchit shift as Government leaves its shopping lateSat Dec 04 2021 - 03:00
Miriam Lord: Mary Lou will be raging she missed the ghost of PearseTaoiseach says he can ‘see through’ SF TD as masks and mica row dominate debateWed Dec 01 2021 - 22:00
Miriam Lord: Micheál like an exasperated múinteoir as Opposition gets under his skinNo let up over antigen testing and Mica redress schemeTue Nov 30 2021 - 22:13
Miriam Lord’s Week: Rented plastic Christmas trees sum up Leinster House festive cheerFormer minister Finian McGrath joins team Shelbourne FC as public affairs officerSat Nov 27 2021 - 02:24
Miriam Lord: Blatherballs Bernard hits the jackpot with Lotto crusadeCalls for balls to be dropped is an entertaining distraction, but not a winning proposalWed Nov 24 2021 - 22:29
Miriam Lord: PCR tests harder to get than Garth Brooks ticketsYou may have friends in low places, but it’s no guarantee of bagging a prized Golden SwabTue Nov 23 2021 - 22:41
Miriam Lord: TDs fume as Antigen 4 All in the Dáil gets noses out of jointElsewhere this week, Bertie Ahern’s comments on the North go completely southSat Nov 20 2021 - 01:04
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach easily needled by Kelly on teacher misunderstandingHistrionics as Micheál Martin and Alan Kelly get their wires crossed over restriction rulesWed Nov 17 2021 - 22:30
Sean FitzPatrick funeral: a traditional send-off for a dearly loved family manMiriam Lord: Death of poster villain of the crash was always going to generate interest beyond his grieving circleTue Nov 16 2021 - 21:35
Miriam Lord’s Week: Wee Anne from Galway has no good news to deliverGetting juniors to do seniors’ dirty work is no laughing matter for straight-talking RabbitteSat Nov 13 2021 - 01:39
Miriam Lord: ‘Father of the Seanad’ comes out of the coversDavid Norris (77) honoured for his work as human rights campaigner and doughty defender of Dublin’s building heritageWed Nov 10 2021 - 21:58
Miriam Lord: Leaders’ Questions leave everyone feeling a bit cuckooIf you had a drink for every cliche from Sinn Féin leader, you’d be legless in Leinster HouseTue Nov 09 2021 - 22:17
Miriam Lord: ‘Votegate’ double-voting controversy rears its ugly head againFianna Fáil was hoping no one would mention the War of the Buttons two years laterSat Nov 06 2021 - 01:00
