Miriam Lord: Leaders barely escape as Mary Lou gives them a good dressing-down‘The emperors have no clothes,’ said SF leader, before tearing strips off the CoalitionWed Oct 13 2021 - 22:41
Miriam Lord: Joe Duffy sleeps in oxygen tent to prepare for reaction to free contraceptivesOutbreak of civility as Ministers unveil Budget 2022, with even SF toning it downTue Oct 12 2021 - 22:43
Miriam Lord: Martin departs Sleeveenia for a breakneck trip to SloveniaTaoiseach is shook on arrival at EU summit, ahead of high-level talks about Cork roadsSat Oct 09 2021 - 01:02
Miriam Lord: Baby of the House throws a strop over a bypassDáil Sketch: O’Connor bags a meeting with the Taoiseach as MacSharry forgets who’s whoWed Oct 06 2021 - 22:52
Miriam Lord: And the promises about roads just keep comingO’Dea ploughed on with question about Limerick-Cork motorway, tortured by terrible feelingTue Oct 05 2021 - 22:25
Miriam Lord: All quiet at the cutting edge of the futureNational Development Plan launch was low-key – unlike the song and dance of 2018Mon Oct 04 2021 - 22:27
Miriam Lord’s Week: A black pudding paean at controversial SF eventCommemoration for IRA volunteer featured the famous Clonakilty breakfast productSat Oct 02 2021 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Electrical sparks fly in face of darkness descending‘I thank the Taoiseach for mansplaining the importance of a public policy issue’Wed Sept 29 2021 - 22:38
Miriam Lord: Sinn Féin’s good standard of heckling ‘doesn’t stand up to scrutiny’‘I’ve a terrible sense of deja vu,’ Eoin Ó Broin counters as housing plan is debatedTue Sept 28 2021 - 22:34
Miriam Lord’s Week: Extra seats could mean a squash and a squeeze for TDsAs the Dáil expands along with the population, some space will have to be clearedSat Sept 25 2021 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Government faces stampede of elephants in the roomRóisín Shortall savages Coalition’s lack of political will in implementing SláintecareWed Sept 22 2021 - 22:20
Miriam Lord: Driven round the bend by incessant Ring of KerryDanny Healy-Rae’s mobile keeps going off, and Alan Kelly is going off his rockerTue Sept 21 2021 - 22:46
Miriam Lord’s Week: Who’s afraid of the big bad social bash?Brave Barry Ward invites FG colleagues to his Covid-compliant engagement partySat Sept 18 2021 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Coveney result never in doubt, but it’s not all plain sailing for SimonNext week the Dáil might start doing some real workWed Sept 15 2021 - 23:28
Miriam Lord: Golden girl Kellie, the pride of Portland Row‘She’s like a beacon of light in the area now after everything that has gone on in the last few years’Tue Aug 10 2021 - 22:26
Kellie Harrington gives her jewel and darling Portland Row its chance to shineOlympic finalist cherished and loved by her own in Dublin’s north inner citySat Aug 07 2021 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Forget the non makey-up job Micheál didn’t know about – who leaked it?Coleen Rooney-esque sleuth unmasks the Dáil squealer while Michael D takes a stand for his holliersSat Jul 31 2021 - 04:45
Miriam Lord: Martin unveils brainstorm as another storm brews over Zappone postingCoalition not quite smelling of roses as Taoiseach visits Botanic GardensWed Jul 28 2021 - 22:29
Miriam Lord: Here come the Bridezillas to give Government a good dressing-downHealth officials quake as brides-to-be march on the department, but where were the frills?Tue Jul 27 2021 - 21:15
Miriam Lord: Drought goes on as indoor pints prove hard to findMany publicans opt to wait as clarity over indoor hospitality arrives at 11th hourMon Jul 26 2021 - 22:13
Miriam Lord: The tough get going as the 33rd Dáilympics wraps upForget Tokyo 2020 – the Convention Centre was where the real athletic action took placeSat Jul 24 2021 - 05:12
Miriam Lord: Des O’Malley exits the stage after a life of drama and political duellingThe PD founder was charming, but could also be grumpy – especially around CharlieThu Jul 22 2021 - 01:01
Miriam Lord’s Week: TD’s charity cycle scuppered by SUVA touch of perspective wouldn’t have gone amiss in the Dáil this weekSat Jul 17 2021 - 02:39
Miriam Lord: Dr Feelgood needs his Project Happy nowMicheál gets ratty in slugfest over housing, CO2 monitors and Belarus comparisonsWed Jul 14 2021 - 23:22
Miriam Lord: Golden certificate to indoor carousing is tarnished by confusionDáil Sketch: Tone of befuddlement as the Coalition goes roaring down the road to reopeningTue Jul 13 2021 - 22:39
Miriam Lord: Labour stalwarts gather for first bit of good news they’ve had in yearsFF’s Deirdre Conroy was standing on her own when her result was announcedFri Jul 09 2021 - 22:35
Miriam Lord: Darragh O’Brien left floundering amid mystery of the cuckooSarah McInerney eats up Minister without salt as Dáil left to ponder who is turning off a housing tapWed Jul 07 2021 - 22:03
Miriam Lord: Feathers fly as Finance Bill allows cuckoo funds escape restraintTaoiseach ‘incentivising’ funds to buy up houses, Sinn Féin leader allegesTue Jul 06 2021 - 22:18
Miriam Lord: Sinn Féin condemned to linguistic knots over Jerry McCabeParty leader Mary Lou McDonald and TD Martin Browne were singing different songsSat Jul 03 2021 - 03:00
Miriam Lord: Government regains composure after Nphet shockTaoiseach robustly defends decision to delay reopening following ‘stark’ warningWed Jun 30 2021 - 22:17
Miriam Lord: Cabinet’s crescendo of chaos reaches its climaxOpposition TDs go ballistic over ‘bonkers’ and ‘bananas’ decision to delay reopeningTue Jun 29 2021 - 22:39
Miriam Lord: Happy house-hunters Leo and Matt go upwardly mobileFG get a taste of their own medicine at Kate O’Connell’s Dublin Bay South pharmacySat Jun 26 2021 - 03:00
Miriam Lord: Politicians unite on maternity hospital, but nuns not on the runEight years down the line and political ructions reigning ... with no end in sight to sagaWed Jun 23 2021 - 22:42
Miriam Lord: Mary Lou McDouble-Decker and Leo Varadcoach go bumper to bumperPromises fly as FG and SF circle the bandwagons ahead of Dublin Bay South byelectionTue Jun 22 2021 - 22:35
Miriam Lord: Is Darragh O’Brien finding his feet in housing?Praise for O’Brien’s concrete efforts and thanks to the Mayo women who gave voice to the HouseSat Jun 19 2021 - 01:29
Miriam Lord: Action-packed day as parties unveil their local championsAmid Bloomsday celebrations, Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll sounds a sobering noteWed Jun 16 2021 - 22:45
Miriam Lord: Angry homeowners gather at Government’s shining edificeRural TDs warn of crumbling support for parties unless mica redress issue dealt withTue Jun 15 2021 - 23:00
Miriam Lord: Date for Dublin Bay South byelection revealedProspect of having to listen to people banging about constituency until October proved frighteningSat Jun 05 2021 - 01:35
Miriam Lord: Sight. Sounds. Touch. Kevin Lunney recalls the horrorDisturbing evidence could have been drawn from pages of Stephen KingThu Jun 03 2021 - 23:15
Miriam Lord: Micheál Martin and Michael Collins in unseemly exchange over who rang whoThe Taoiseach enjoyed the row so much he couldn’t resist returning to it on WednesdayWed Jun 02 2021 - 22:10
Miriam Lord: Coalition all a-buzz as it launches its big recovery package‘Unprecedented’ financial giveaway will help economy ‘take off like a rocket’, says TánaisteTue Jun 01 2021 - 22:39
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach sounds like an Ikea ad as he announces Grand ReopeningMicheál served up a nourishing number soup and we lapped it up with palpable reliefSat May 29 2021 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Emergency powers rolled over despite vaccine being rolled outGood faith turns to buyer’s remorse as TDs see no unwinding of draconian Covid curbsWed May 26 2021 - 22:11
Miriam Lord: A nation waits anxiously for Leaving Cert and digital green certEveryone poised to jet away for the Med just as soon as that vital paperwork comes throughTue May 25 2021 - 22:26
Miriam Lord: Calls for repatriation of the Dáil as cost of daily sittings mountFed-up politicians want out of Convention Centre and back to Leinster HouseSat May 22 2021 - 01:43
Miriam Lord: McGrath warns about appalling vista facing nationIt’s like ‘Germany in 1933’ all over again but Mattie’s not falling for the ‘scamdemic’Wed May 19 2021 - 22:10
Miriam Lord: From Iarnród Enda to Sewer Rod EndaMicheál Martin’s predecessor made an unexpected appearance at leaders’ questions on TuesdayTue May 18 2021 - 22:24
Miriam Lord: Shock as Minister for Housing fails to dig himself into a holeDarragh O’Brien huffed and puffed and finally got a shovelful of dirt – disappointingSat May 15 2021 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach says he’s ‘shovel-ready’ but Mary Lou gets the digs inMary Lou McDonald heaps scorn on stated promise to tackle the housing crisisWed May 12 2021 - 22:45
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach’s toes uncomfortably close to flames as he rejects talk of water chargesMary Lou McDonald is mining a rich seam of public discontent and she knows itTue May 11 2021 - 22:33
