Miriam Lord: Joan and Mary Lou not feeling the loveWeekly bouts between McDonald and Burton will go down in history of the 31st DáilFri Apr 17 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Warm-up routine ensures no pulled musclesA dull day in the Dáil – but it’s tough to get into the swing of things after so much time offThu Apr 16 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Yes Equality seeks to start national conversation‘I’m Voting Yes – Ask Me Why’ initiative runs risk of speaking to the convertedFri Apr 10 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: 1916 celebrations a masterpiece of solemn dignityHowever next year’s centenary is likely to be the bunfight to end all bunfightsMon Apr 06 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Jack O’Connor wins gong for Steely Dan tributeSiptu leader makes heavy weather of exit from Vincent Browne television programmeSat Apr 04 2015 - 11:21
Miriam Lord: Enda Kenny and the watery tale of man with two pints in his handMicheál Martin has finally decided to put manners on some senior party figuresThu Apr 02 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach takes shine off TD’s baublesAbsence of all-party agreement a deterrent to setting up national awards scheme – KennyWed Apr 01 2015 - 11:47
Miriam Lord: Run on Leinster House stationery as Kenny shifts election lineTDs and Senators load car boots as Taoiseach drops usual mention of election ‘next year’Sat Mar 28 2015 - 08:28
Miriam Lord: Adams delighted as he ventures into ‘Endaland’Taoiseach reminds Sinn Féin leader of his early support for contentious water chargesThu Mar 26 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Enda plays modest role amid flood of outrageTaoiseach says he supports his Minister’s proposals for water charges, calling them a ‘modest contribution’Wed Mar 25 2015 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Renua Ireland? It was hard to get past the nameAt launch of new party, leader Lucinda Creighton vows to ‘govern in sunshine’Sat Mar 14 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Sinn Féin plays victim as McGahon row rages onAdams hurt at notion his party alone is taking the rap for turning blind eye to abuseThu Mar 12 2015 - 05:30
Miriam Lord: Coalition celebrates fourth anniversary all aloneWhat should have been a good week for Adams post-ardfheis got off to a bumpy startWed Mar 11 2015 - 05:00
Dáil Sketch: Joan Burton declines to show her vicious streakTánaiste takes barbs in her stride as Ruth Coppinger goes on the attackFri Mar 06 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Adams annoyed at Dáil decibel levelsDeputies shouting and roaring, punctuated by the Ceann Comhairle’s ineffectual yelps – poor Gerry Adams can hardly hear himself glareThu Mar 05 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Feelgood engine revs up on Merrion SquareAs the Coalition moves into the final phase of its term, positive announcements are beginning to rollWed Mar 04 2015 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Joan Burton tries not to raise her voiceTánaiste had clearly been voice-trained to within an inch of her bubbly personalityMon Mar 02 2015 - 01:01
Miriam Lord’s Week: Labour’s turn to batten down the hatchesPortrait painter makes exhibition of eminent headsSat Feb 28 2015 - 05:45
Miriam Lord: Opposition in rude health over Leo Varadkar’s smirkMicheál Martin criticises Varadkar over his response to delayed discharges crisisThu Feb 26 2015 - 05:30
Miriam Lord: It’s a close shave, but Michael Healy-Rae is no Gerry AdamsTaoiseach snows SF leader under blizzard of detail on Expressway route changesWed Feb 25 2015 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Enda fans simmer and swoon for ‘party icon’Kenny gives polished performance as bouquets and brickbats fly at Fine Gael conferenceMon Feb 23 2015 - 01:15
Miriam Lord: Elusive Enda Kenny transports Gerry Adams to an angry placeAdams raises issue of salary increases for ministerial advisers with TaoiseachThu Feb 19 2015 - 08:41
A nation once again, but Gerry Adams is not happyRichard Boyd Barrett says Sinn Féin has helped bring about unity by austerityWed Feb 18 2015 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Gab McFadden tries to rescue Irish from SFWillie Walsh maintains holding pattern over ShannonSat Feb 14 2015 - 12:06
Miriam Lord: Shatter can’t keep eyes away from his former officeFormer minister has much to say about current affairs in Department of JusticeThu Feb 12 2015 - 05:30
Miriam Lord: Enda says it’s all down to the ConstitutionKenny invokes wisdom of Attorney General to shoot-down Clare Daly’s BillWed Feb 11 2015 - 05:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Ó Caoláin keeps to the left of Fine GaelHumphreys gave schoolchildren day off while Varadkar gave tips on keeping pounds offSat Feb 07 2015 - 09:25
Miriam Lord: Gerry Adams smells a rat in the chamberThere’s an outbreak of twitching noses in the Dáil, and a few noses out of joint. Will there be a commission of inquiry into the source of the pong?Thu Feb 05 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Alan Shatter’s protests fuel residual rancourAlan is causing ructions - thanks to him, the Ceann Comhairle nearly lost his job this weekWed Feb 04 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Taoiseach butters up the farmersSimon Coveney arrived late for the Irish Farmers’ Association meeting, but Enda did milk it a bitSat Jan 31 2015 - 01:00
Shatter strikes again and Enda’s good day is overThe nation stopped in its tracks and turned up the radioThu Jan 29 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: promise of reform stays locked in CabinetIt seems Kenny and Gilmore and their ministers stuck a paragraph into their programme for government to stop themselves spilling the beansWed Jan 28 2015 - 05:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Let them eat nothing but foie grasLabour get lesson in teamwork from Brian CodySat Jan 24 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: A window of wanton consensus on wording‘It’s strange when almost every politician is in favour of something’Thu Jan 22 2015 - 05:30
Miriam Lord: Intimacy in mind as parties eye up partnersAs election draws near, the atmosphere is going to get more tenseWed Jan 21 2015 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Brave Leo Varadkar gives it to us straightFor those aware of where Varadkar interview was heading it made for difficult listeningMon Jan 19 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Eddie will be okay if Lucinda has her wayCreighton lines up breakfast briefing for female political journalists, a sort of ‘Ladies Who Launch’ eventSat Jan 17 2015 - 01:03
Miriam Lord: O’Brien left, seething with anger. You sense the relief in the chamberSinn Féin TD garners little sympathy after revealing his brother is a recovering addictFri Jan 16 2015 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Dangerous wind warning as Dáil returnsJobs and jibes make for a serendipitous new year in Leinster HouseThu Jan 15 2015 - 05:30
Miriam Lord: Welcome to Lucinda’s and Shane’s Republic of LooseA fascinating slow bicycle race is in full swing among our IndependentsSat Jan 10 2015 - 14:26
Miriam Lord: It’s political springtime as plethora of elections and referendums loomLabour is a tough old beast. It’ll be up to Joan to put the fight back into the partySat Jan 10 2015 - 14:25
Miriam Lord’s Political Awards for 2014See how Joan Burton, Enda Kenny, Gerry Adams, Micheál Martin and Mary Lou McDonald performed this yearSat Dec 27 2014 - 07:34
Miriam Lord: review of the yearOngoing controversy over water charges has left the Coalition listing badlySat Dec 20 2014 - 06:09
Miriam Lord: Banking inquiry opens to yawns of excitementMario Draghi was asked to appear, but he’s not inclined to - and there’s nothing Enda can doThu Dec 18 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Gerry taken aback as Enda points finger at SFKenny and Martin finally make up over issue of the mystery of the disappearing filesWed Dec 17 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: No limits on our two old MichaelsPresident and Minister have combined age of 144 – but it hasn’t slowed their gallopSat Dec 13 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: No tanks on Leinster Lawn but revolution close to seat of powerGerry Adams, Mary Lou McDonald receive cheers during water charge protestThu Dec 11 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Enda Kenny confidence motion a pantomimeEarly in the debate the Opposition had clearly written it off as a waste of timeWed Dec 10 2014 - 06:00
