Miriam Lord: Leo is all over the gaffe as he launches campaignTaoiseach brings his Presentables to Monaghan before undoing his good workWed Jan 15 2020 - 22:23
Miriam Lord: Time gets mangled as Varadkar unveils election sloganRift in space-time continuum opens up as Fine Gael offers ‘a future to look forward to’Tue Jan 14 2020 - 22:29
Miriam Lord: The Dara Murphy Fierce Big Job in Europe award goes to . . .Political awards for 2019: Gongs for Varadkar, Healy-Rae . . . and BertieTue Dec 24 2019 - 00:47
Miriam Lord: ‘You’re a nasty piece of work’ - Micheál and Leo clash again as Dáil winds downLeo opts not to spoil the mood with election date while campaign supplies are stockpiledWed Dec 18 2019 - 21:27
Miriam Lord: Leo’s nonchalance and supply agreement with Dara nears an endTaoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader bicker over double-jobbing TD with eye on electionTue Dec 17 2019 - 22:17
Miriam Lord’s week: Varadkar set for family Christmas in MumbaiTaoiseach’s father will celebrate 80th birthday in the land of his birthSat Dec 14 2019 - 05:16
Miriam Lord: ‘You’ve done a damn good job, Minister. You’ve filleted the Bill’Shane Ross’s pet project passes, but its opponents claim a Governmental U-turnWed Dec 11 2019 - 21:51
Miriam Lord: Leo uses UN rankings to shield himself from Dáil attacksUN index that rated Ireland third-best country to live in in the world is Taoiseach's answer to questions about poverty and homelessnessTue Dec 10 2019 - 22:10
Miriam Lord: Air Miles Murphy's EU efforts fall back to EarthThis week saw high-spirited dispatches from Gerry Adams and another twist in swing-gateSat Dec 7 2019 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Poor Dara Murphy, poor Leo Varadkar and all the other victims in Fine GaelLeo’s claim for second term in doubt after Dara Murphy walks away with nice packageWed Dec 4 2019 - 22:00
Miriam Lord: Fine Gael’s invisible men appear for Murphy’s full house‘Air Miles’ Dara Murphy disappears again after confidence vote in Eoghan MurphyTue Dec 3 2019 - 22:05
Miriam Lord: Fine Gael’s byelection hopes fall victim to Murphy’s lawParty leaders make their excuses as their Wexford candidate fails to haul in votesSun Dec 1 2019 - 21:48
Miriam Lord: Barefaced cheek as Fianna Fáil chases make-up billsElection fever simmers as politicians begin stockpiling ammunition – against each otherSat Nov 30 2019 - 02:00
Miriam Lord: How will the Dáil fill a huge void left by a huge void?Ireland’s loss is Europe’s gain as Fine Gael TD for Cork North-Central heads to BrusselsWed Nov 27 2019 - 21:56
Miriam Lord: What’s Leo going to do about You-Know-Who?Party leaders were keen to avoid mentioning Verona Murphy’s name, for different reasonsTue Nov 26 2019 - 22:44
Miriam Lord: Leo makes Wexford wait while Wallace takes the MickLearjet woes, compo culture and Maria Bailey all made an appearance this weekSat Nov 23 2019 - 03:07
Miriam Lord: Shameless FG self-promotion leads to FF conniptionsMicheál Martin not happy as Fine Gael flock to broadband contract signing en masseWed Nov 20 2019 - 21:30
Miriam Lord: Broadband trumpet-blowing silenced by Verona’s bum notesMicheál Martin goes on attack as Opposition refuses to dance to Government’s tuneTue Nov 19 2019 - 22:20
‘Gets moneyyy!’ TDs grumble as sports grant news leaked to chosen fewRivals claim Taoiseach was tweeting congrats to clubs in his constituency before deadlineSat Nov 16 2019 - 01:45
Miriam Lord: John Bercow expatiates for K Club with loquacious prolixityThe florid rabbiting of the former speaker, although entertaining, can become tryingThu Nov 14 2019 - 20:56
Miriam Lord: Noel Grealish cuts remarkable figures with his loose grasp on factsIndependent TD’s provocative question leads to a second day of blowback in the DáilWed Nov 13 2019 - 21:57
Miriam Lord: Rare outing from the lesser-spotted Grealish captures Dáil attentionWe worried the dog at home heard TD’s powerful whistle and escapedTue Nov 12 2019 - 22:16
Miriam Lord: Camera-shy Shane Ross’s plea for poster ban is binnedThe minister for self-effacement asked rivals this week to consider going greenSat Nov 9 2019 - 01:58
Miriam Lord: So long, Uncle Gaybo, even in death you got it rightHeady mix of light-entertainment stalwarts and RTÉ luvvies wedged into wooden pewsFri Nov 8 2019 - 21:30
Miriam Lord: Dáil voting, Gerry Adams’s hair and the never-ending tit-for-tatUnwelcome light has settled on cavalier attitude of some politicians to their Dáil dutyWed Nov 6 2019 - 22:15
Miriam Lord: Original Citizens’ Assembly Gay Byrne takes precedenceCondolences for late broadcaster precede rows about hospitals and ‘money messages’Tue Nov 5 2019 - 22:01
Miriam Lord: ‘Votegate’ takes a backseat as fobbing fever grips the DáilDo TDs fob each other into the chamber? Lt Columbo aka Paul Murphy cracks the caseSat Oct 26 2019 - 02:36
Miriam Lord: The pressing mystery of the Four ButtoneersDáil makes a meal of latest shambles to darken its democratic, buttoned-up worldThu Oct 24 2019 - 22:05
Miriam Lord: Leo’s lovely manners stick around during War of ButtonsSchrodooley’s Seat occurs when a Clare TD seemed to have voted and not voted at the same timeWed Oct 23 2019 - 22:04
Miriam Lord: Dáil priorities skewed as War of Buttons diminishes State apologyTDs too busy arguing over ‘Votegate’ to share ‘watershed moment’ over cervical scandalTue Oct 22 2019 - 22:18
Miriam Lord: ‘Plastered’ TD becomes first casualty of non-election feverFergus O’Dowd breaks leg while leafleting and Josepha Madigan’s trumpet-blowingSat Oct 19 2019 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Dáil exchanges turn snappy amid election heebie-jeebiesMartin and Varadkar fight over respective disability sector records as Brexit truce holdsWed Oct 16 2019 - 21:47
Miriam Lord: Westport to Turlough road eclipses Brexit as day’s big revealMeanwhile, Coveney was attending Leaders’ Questions. The poor man needed the restTue Oct 15 2019 - 22:08
Miriam Lord’s Week: Fine Gael troops told to push back against Fianna Fáil swaggerThe party needs to stop talking itself into opposition, reckons Simon HarrisSat Oct 12 2019 - 01:56
Miriam Lord: Was Leo caught rapid reading a budget speech someone else wrote?Taoiseach tries to impress with biblical and literary quotes, but is hoist by his own petardWed Oct 9 2019 - 22:33
Miriam Lord: Welcome to the House of Funds budget for Brexit madnessPaschal Donohoe seeks shelter from Brexit storm in a budget without surprisesTue Oct 8 2019 - 21:48
Miriam Lord: A scare in Sligo as FF ghosts come out for ‘Mac the Knife’Blasts from the party’s past gather to pay homage to former tánaiste Ray MacSharrySat Oct 5 2019 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Leo’s gas announcement eclipses Boris’s hot airNo alarm and no surprises for Taoiseach and Tánaiste as briefing gets barely a mentionWed Oct 2 2019 - 22:18
Miriam Lord: Elevation of nonsense is the new normalThanks to Johnson and his ‘non-papers’ it’s only a matter of time before . . . non-budget leaksTue Oct 1 2019 - 21:50
Miriam Lord: Dubs delight in mischievous talk of six-in-a-rowNo begrudgers were welcome at the homecoming for county’s two winning teamsSun Sep 29 2019 - 21:22
Miriam Lord: Brendan Ogle eager to get back in the leftie limelightWith Paul Murphy starting his own party, Ogle thinks it’s a good time to unite socialistsSat Sep 28 2019 - 03:00
Miriam Lord: Brexit ‘like being eight and a half months pregnant for three years’Nothing to do in Kildare Street but wait for big fish to savage themselves into a solutionWed Sep 25 2019 - 22:40
Miriam Lord: Lofty new chamber fails to inspire waffling SenatorsBack in their expensively refurbished Upper House, the talk was still resolutely cheapTue Sep 24 2019 - 23:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Paschal gets a birthday surprise from JavidA priest delivers Leo from Brexit evil; and ex-senator Lorraine Higgins joins the lobbySat Sep 21 2019 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: No fighting cocks at the ploughing but plenty of cowboy hatsVaradkar proves he is not a man who eats his dinner in the middle of the dayThu Sep 19 2019 - 21:49
Miriam Lord: It’s not eviction – it’s just psyching people out of their homesDáil Sketch: Tenants told ‘notice to quit’ is not the same as eviction – they’ll sleep easy, soWed Sep 18 2019 - 22:21
Miriam Lord: Silly season returns as Dáil seeks Operation GreenshovelLeo Varadkar leads his B Team back for a new Dáil term but where’s the Brexit plan?Tue Sep 17 2019 - 22:06
Miriam Lord: Murphy wisely swerves dodgy optics of caravan photoPictures of politicians splashing about without a care can make many people violently illThu Sep 12 2019 - 20:52
Miriam Lord: Is Adams in the hot tub and other burning questions from the SF think-inWhile barmy Boris and Co go bonkers over Brexit, Sinn Féin eye solutions-focused successWed Sep 11 2019 - 22:03
Miriam Lord: Ghost of Bertie apparent as tink-in season rolls roundMercifully for the small band of media in Gorey, all the sessions were held in privateTue Sep 10 2019 - 21:41