Miriam Lord: Don’t let the proverbials grind you down, says exiting KennyTaoiseach bows out of leadership with advice for replacement in hot seatWed May 31 2017 - 22:19
Miriam Lord: Opposition easy on Enda preparing to get off busNew FG leader will probably charge on to political pitch like a sub on All-Ireland dayWed May 31 2017 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Fine Gael’s Got Talent runs its courseThe final hustings in Cork was a battle of Simonomics versus Leo-liberalismMon May 29 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Coveney places faith in the dishonesty of politiciansSimon needs six turncoats to beat Varadkar – which could never happen in politicsSat May 27 2017 - 01:00
Creed the Conflicted keeping quiet about his choiceMiriam Lord: Do Rebel County politicians miss the big picture if one of their own is involved?Thu May 25 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Enda Kenny conducts a passing-out ceremonyCoveney’s Legion of the Rearguard take to the hills, giving Leo time to check his phoneWed May 24 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: How ‘thumbs up’ emoji signalled Enda’s resignationTaoiseach only told closest advisors he was resigning minutes before he left for meetingSat May 20 2017 - 01:00
Varadkar on course for victory in Fine Gael leadership contestDefiant Simon Coveney vows to fight despite rival’s near-unassailable leadSat May 20 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Over avocado mash in hipster heaven Leo gives taste of things to comeVaradkar speaks of someone important to him who is ‘unconditionally on side’Sat May 20 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Enda's final day was a work of geniusEmotions run high as Taoiseach finally announces he will be ‘gone by midnight’Thu May 18 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Master dramatist proposes new double actProspect of Kenny-Adams partnership provokes hilarity as Taoiseach ponders retirementTue May 16 2017 - 21:27
Miriam Lord: The Prince and the schoolgirl entrepreneursRoyals delight in horse diets, Taoiseach goes for cycle and RTÉ pol corr shows how to exitSat May 13 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Whiff of pampered bluebloods? That’s the horsesCamilla at National Stud declares: ‘I’m coming back here every year until I drop!’Fri May 12 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Brexit leaves the room as royals come callingCharles and Camilla do not mention the B-word during their trip to the ÁrasThu May 11 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach is still standing as TDs sit it outGold-braid and button brigade conspicuously absent from a scene of potential aggroWed May 10 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Dáil prayer rules to make sinners of sitting TDsBríd Smith and Ruth Coppinger will refuse to stand for Dáil prayer – will they be ejected?Sat May 06 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Alliance plays the hits on its first anniversaryFinian McGrath leads the backslapping as Independents celebrate a year in their dream jobsFri May 05 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: When Enda’s away the starlets will playWith the Taoiseach up in the air, Leo Varadkar was taxiing into positionThu May 04 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Pray tell, what’s going on in the chamber? Very littleSparing blushes with a cut to the quorum, and TDs get themselves some quiet timeWed May 03 2017 - 01:00
David Davin-Power hangs up his RTÉ microphone after almost two decades‘Zombie doughnut’ episode at 2009 Fianna Fáil ard fheis rememberedFri Apr 28 2017 - 19:45
Miriam Lord: Rónán Mullen earns a standing ovulationThe anti-abortion campaigner gets into the Easter spirit with a charity sale of eggsThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:42
Miriam Lord: A day that called for protective ear muffsBoyd Barrett manages to out-shout Mary Lou as he ratchets it up on homelessnessThu Apr 13 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Enda gets that deja vu feeling all over againTaoiseach goes retro in the Dáil with Garda resignations as water charges seem to recedeWed Apr 12 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Out of the hot tub and into the fireA Cork South Central charity dinner might be a chance to pour oil on troubled watersSat Apr 08 2017 - 01:02
You’re barking up the wrong tree, Varadkar tells SF’s new dogMiriam Lord: FF poodle accused of being SF and PBP-AAA lapdog over water chargesFri Apr 07 2017 - 01:00
Dáil taps into water torture and human rightsMiriam Lord: Water charges slosh around in a tale of excess and abuse that won’t washThu Apr 06 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Bile notices go up as water row spills overTDs engage in wilful and excessive one-upmanship on water committeeWed Apr 05 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Garda team cracks the crime of the centuryMoving her lips and swinging her hips, Michelle Mulherin makes all the right movesSat Apr 01 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Head Boy Donohoe gives Adams history lessonMichael Healy-Rae lives to fight another day and not to bolt down his chicken dinnerThu Mar 30 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Enda’s talk of Garda reform fails to take rootTaoiseach’s insistence on his confidence in Nóirín O’Sullivan greeted with Dáil derisionWed Mar 29 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s week: McGuinness tribute not a time to wing itMediation for FG, getting TDs to put a sock in it, and how to beat MPs at their own gameSat Mar 25 2017 - 02:02
Miriam Lord: Martin McGuinness owns Derry one last timeA family, party, movement and city are united in mourning on a day of significanceFri Mar 24 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: David Norris provides good value for moneySenator rails against dress code while Taoiseach conclusively does not outline plansThu Mar 23 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Enda, the Grumpy Cat of helping immigrantsWith Washington speech going viral, Kenny was in no mood to talk about direct provisionWed Mar 22 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Enda enjoys being a big part of it in New YorkHe may be Trump’s new friend but Kenny’s real love is a paradeFri Mar 17 2017 - 21:59
Miriam Lord: Media goes wild for Trump, but the feeling is not mutualPresident is quick to call time on photo call, but not before an awkward questionFri Mar 17 2017 - 08:21
Miriam Lord: Enda wings it but then ducks Donald questionTaoiseach sports grin from ear to shining ear as he prepares to meet President TrumpThu Mar 16 2017 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Leprechauns but no rainbows at Boston paradeThis year’s St Patrick’s Day controversy is brought to us by the ‘Southie’ shindigSat Mar 11 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Kenny fails to see irony of his wordsTaoiseach stung as Galway TD takes him to task on ‘carefully crafted words’ about TuamThu Mar 09 2017 - 02:00
Miriam Lord: Kenny’s fine words too familiar for comfortAuthentic note of anger struck by Bríd Smith after Taoiseach’s speech on Tuam babiesWed Mar 08 2017 - 04:00
Miriam Lord: Merkel set to rain on Enda’s Trump paradePoliticians get down and dirty for Ireland while Denis Naughten’s corset causes a stirSat Mar 04 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: What to do with this runt of a Dáil – rip it up or pull like a dog?‘The New Politics’ is the unappealing offspring of the old, but more ineffectualFri Mar 03 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Populist band of travellers seeks recognitionCultural differences come to fore as Fianna Fáil minority asserts itself on water issueThu Mar 02 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: No Enda the road in sight for KennyIn the thick of things on Brexit, air-miles Enda tells Dáil all the latest from EU circuitWed Mar 01 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Enda starts his ‘Not Dead Yet’ tourIt’s also open season on private life of a man who bravely came out as a Fine Gael memberSat Feb 25 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Enda’s ‘High Noon’ has all the drama of FG high teaLast supper awaits Taoiseach if he fails to deliver on departure promisesThu Feb 23 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Millinery milestone for Michael Healy-RaeThe ‘Endit’ talks are being triggered but Kenny keen to take scenic route from powerWed Feb 22 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: FG blueblood wedding could put icing on cakeCabinet figures are to gather for exquisitely timed nuptials of former senator Eugene ReganSat Feb 18 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Without a whistleblower to call upon, you’re nobodyPoliticians run risky gauntlet to get on the right side of those maverick troublemakersThu Feb 16 2017 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Kenny and Fitzgerald are put on the rackThere were astonishing Dáil scenes as the Taoiseach came under fire over McCabe caseWed Feb 15 2017 - 04:00
