Miriam Lord’s Week: Footwear gaffe sees Micheál Martin ‘do a Garret FitzGerald’Wearing odd shoes an ‘occupational hazard’ for Tánaiste; Peadar Tóibín and Heather Humphreys lock horns over rural regeneration; and a Tardis replica excites Paschal DonohoeSat Feb 03 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: A Senator that’s going nowhere - and a courteous Minister of State who isn’t really thereSenator Tom Clonan wanted the Minister for Health to comment on 150 children with limb deformities and serious spinal issues not getting operations they desperately need. The Minister didn’t show up thoughWed Jan 31 2024 - 21:20
Miriam Lord: Leo reminisces about life in his late 20sWith considerable age comes life experience now that the Taoiseach has turned 45Tue Jan 30 2024 - 20:56
Miriam Lord’s Week: Dobbo the Newsical may wait in wings as RTÉ readies for next PAC curtain callToy Show musical discord, Roy Orbison rings out in Brussels, quiz winner Ned O’Sullivan, Sinn Féin hypocrisy and Trolly CairnsSat Jan 27 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Glacial Varadkar gives scathing response to Harkin’s male migrants commentsLinking Ashling Murphy’s death with the need for a debate about migrants ‘really wrong, deputy … don’t bring our country down into that spiral’Wed Jan 24 2024 - 21:17
Cash proclaimed king as McGrath secures the future of ATMsMinister for Finance introduces Access to Cash Bill as Mary Lou McDonald tries to ruffle Taoiseach’s feathers over ‘vulture’ fund’s bulk purchase of housesTue Jan 23 2024 - 21:28
Miriam Lord’s Week: Fine Gael chinwag gives clues to timing of next election, as David Norris prepares to bow outLashings of ginger beer and one-armed bandits can do nothing to stop the steady leaks within the Chamber walls... and ceilingsSat Jan 20 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Polygamy and throuples in the Dáil chamber? Doesn’t sound like a durable relationshipPoor Roderic O’Gorman’s patience was sorely tested during a debate on the upcoming constitutional referendumsWed Jan 17 2024 - 21:41
Miriam Lord: The Burke family’s first big outing of the year wasn’t a crowd-pullerSean, Martina, Ammi and Isaac were beamed in to the courtroom via video link before Enoch’s hearing - and then beamed out againMon Jan 15 2024 - 21:11
Miriam Lord: Young Scientists are engaging, ingenious, entertaining – and then there’s politicians giving them chaseAt the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, 60 years old this week, wires are attached, diodes connected, buttons are pressed and lights wink on and off. It’s all hereWed Jan 10 2024 - 20:12
A flip-flopping tragicomedy, Biden blarney and the riotous right: Miriam Lord’s review of 2023The holiday season was dominated by the Summer Tubs Sensation – the rest of the year was divided into Before Tubs and Post TubsSat Dec 30 2023 - 00:00
Miriam Lord’s political awards for 2023Gongs go to Timmy Dooley, Mary Robinson, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, Louise O’Reilly, Thomas Pringle, Michael Collins, Mary Lou McDonald and Helen McEntee, but will they be thrilled?Sun Dec 24 2023 - 07:00
Miriam Lord's Week: Minister of State makes a holy show with unfortunate housing typoMiriam Lord: Against the events of Budget 2024 and the Israel-Palestine conflict, the Four Courts started its new legal year with a secular serviceSat Oct 14 2023 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Leo and Micheál do a runner before Mary Lou gets startedBudget debates see a tone of weary resignation from the Coalition leaders in advance of the Opposition buffetingWed Oct 11 2023 - 21:28
Miriam Lord: Annual regurgitation of budget leaks overshadowed by the day’s main barneyKildare Street was en fete all day long with crowd-control barriers but no sign of protestersTue Oct 10 2023 - 21:52
Miriam Lord’s week: Don’t call me Ryan - Ceann Comhairle gets his RTÉ presenters mixed upSeán Ó Fearghaíl did a fine job hosting a fundraising dinner at the Dáil for families of sick children - apart from mistaking compere Brendan Courtney for the other fellaSat Oct 07 2023 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Gloves come off as the ‘Great Misleader’ and Portobello’s answer to Jack Nicholson clash over students digsThere was far less interest in the minutiae of Sinn Féin’s budget proposals from other parties, who may have had coalition in mindWed Oct 04 2023 - 21:06
Miriam Lord: What’s in the budget? No one knows - it’s a secret, like the Toy ShowTaoiseach promises there’ll be something for everyone in the audience on budget day, but really, he seems as much in the dark as everyone elseTue Oct 03 2023 - 21:09
Miriam Lord’s Week: Absence of flip-flops and Renault cars means the media committee just can’t pull the crowds anymoreThey were suited and booted for their latest meeting but tumbleweed has now replaced Ryan Tubridy at the committeeSat Sept 30 2023 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: TDs call children’s spinal surgeries ‘one of the worst medical scandals in the history of the State’Mary Lou McDonald reveals details of ‘bombshell’ letter suggesting prior knowledge at high level about experimental implantsWed Sept 27 2023 - 21:54
Leo Varadkar offers little comfort to Ordinary Decent ProtestersTaoiseach accused of adopting a ‘let-them-eat-cake’ approach to childcare providers who warn they may have to close due to inadequate funding, excessive regulation and heavy-handed bureaucracyTue Sept 26 2023 - 21:34
Miriam Lord's Week: UCD debate about RTÉ causes legal big-hitter Arthur Cox to have a minor Lit and Hissy fitFormer politician Shane ‘Winston Churchtown’ Ross and NUJ boss Seamus Dooley were the two headline speakersSat Sept 23 2023 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: It was a long, depressing day as dangerously emboldened thugs descended on the DáilActivists’ incoherence and pathetic behaviour could have been hilarious if it were not so seriousWed Sept 20 2023 - 22:16
Miriam Lord at the Ploughing: Where there’s muck, there’s brass necksThe rain poured, paths became surging rivers, and words cascaded from Michael D at the first day of The PloughingTue Sept 19 2023 - 21:49
Miriam Lord visits Comic Con: Ireland’s cosplaying public don garb of fourth-dimension fantasy characters Miriam Lord: Tenth year of Ireland’s biggest fandom event fills the Convention Centre with fantastic outfitsSun Aug 13 2023 - 21:18
Miriam Lord: A steamy D4 lends Ladies’ Day an elegant attitude without a horse in sightMiriam Lord on the Dublin Horse Show: From glam to sweltering, it was all about the ladies at the RDSThu Aug 10 2023 - 21:59
‘Rest in peace, beautiful and gentle soul’: Miriam Lord on the day Sinéad O’Connor was celebrated by those from all backgroundsThey came from far and wide, from all backgrounds and communities, to pay tribute to a singular singer as she was laid to restTue Aug 08 2023 - 21:37
Miriam Lord at the Galway Races: no Cinderella story after all – though Barbie was everywhereLadies’ Day: Best dressed and best hat winners offered ‘aftercare’ to deal with social media trollsThu Aug 03 2023 - 21:23
‘I’m listening to it now and want to headbutt the desk’: Miriam Lord on Micheál Martin’s podcastSome opposition politicians have waspishly suggested that Micheál should save ‘Our Electorate Ghosted Us’ for when he teams up for a podcast series with Leo after the general electionTue Aug 01 2023 - 21:00
Miriam Lord: Sinéad O’Connor tribute stops us in our tracks before Dubs left with joyful tears in the endDublin’s men fell to the ground in ecstasy as Kerry’s warriors collapsed in agonySun Jul 30 2023 - 22:17
From most ridiculous hissy fit to non-announcement of the season: Miriam Lord’s end-of-term Dáil awardsThe Dáil is in recess for the summer, and the politicians are waiting to jet off into the heatwaves, so let’s hand out the gongs quicklySat Jul 22 2023 - 05:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: TDs and Senators eager for their close-ups in The Tubridy ShowCommittee hearings into RTÉ payments controversy provided stark contrast between top performers and those who scaled soaring heights of incoherenceSat Jul 15 2023 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: After the RTÉ hoo-ha, there’s time for one more row before TDs break for summerPearse Doherty and Leo Varadkar went on the attack on Wednesday in what was a nice reminder that there is more to the Leinster House than just committeesWed Jul 12 2023 - 22:17
Miriam Lord: Won’t someone please think of the children, and let Ryan Tubridy back on the air?Ryan Tubridy was making a pitch to the listeners, the people outside the gates of power – his audienceWed Jul 12 2023 - 06:15
Miriam Lord’s Week: Marty Morrissey’s godlike status in Clare provokes Senator into a dramatic U-turnOireachtas hearings over controversial payments at the public-service broadcaster provide spectacle set to run and runSat Jul 08 2023 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Flashbacks to Celtic Tiger excess in RTÉ’s On-the-Batter accountOireachtas media committee appeared strongly suspicious that they were not hearing the full story about spending at the national broadcasterWed Jul 05 2023 - 22:05
Miriam Lord: TDs can scarcely describe their shock at RTÉ but try their utmostWith the Dáil approaching the long summer recess, the House scheduled, by popular demand, a 3½-hour episode covering RTÉ's payments, junkets, goody-bags and free bus from DrumcondraTue Jul 04 2023 - 22:07
Miriam Lord: Tubsgate and Dee Forbes’ rich list will make this week a hard one to follow - but TDs want a sequelCannon’s back on the road two years after horrific cycling accident while Harney is proof of life after politicsSat Jul 01 2023 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: A terrible day for the RTÉ team, thoroughly demolished by the PAC and with a rematch on the cardsRTÉ fielded an enhanced squad for Thursday’s crunch decider with Dáil Éireann’s public accounts bruisersThu Jun 29 2023 - 21:56
Miriam Lord: Where is Dee Forbes? Under the bus, was the general consensus in the committee room‘When the wheels came off the bus,’ is how the interim director general chose to describe the moment Tubsgate exploded in MontroseWed Jun 28 2023 - 23:57
Miriam Lord: Tubsgate has Mattie McGrath reaching new heights of incoherenceDee Forbes on doctor’s orders not to attend Wednesday’s Oireachtas media committee, but the Roaring Independent makes last-ditch plea in the DáilTue Jun 27 2023 - 21:02
Miriam Lord’s Week: Forbes conspicuous by absence ahead of Ryan Subsidy furoreRTÉ director general Dee Forbes was a notable absentee from the high-profile News Xchange media summit in Dublin this weekSat Jun 24 2023 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Minister reassures anxious Senators that people will retain ‘absolute right’ to be thoroughly obnoxiousLegislation drew unexpected interventions with speakers citing unprecedented contact from citizensWed Jun 21 2023 - 21:40
Miriam Lord: Government’s security forum live tour - its Glastonbury for policy wonksGovernment’s security forum live tour - the Glasto for security policy wonks - is a sell-out, but Opposition TDs reckon our neutrality is being sold outTue Jun 20 2023 - 21:42
Miriam Lord: Fine Gael’s lacklustre poll results greeted with cheer while Varadkar meets another Eurovision superfanThere were a few happy faces in the House this week on the back of new poll ratingsSat Jun 17 2023 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Mary Lou McMarple solves Tara Mines whodunnit despite being LeosplainedCabra’s answer to the whip-smart sleuth pounces on Government’s explanation of prior knowledge to company’s troublesWed Jun 14 2023 - 21:38
Miriam Lord: Leo makes touching plea for TDs to behave themselvesCalls made for a return to the respectful discourse of the pastTue Jun 13 2023 - 21:25
Miriam Lord’s week: Could Leo do a Jacinda Ardern and just walk away from FG?Whispers within the halls of Leinster House suggest Taoiseach, Simon Coveney and Paschal Donohoe are already planning their exit strategiesSat Jun 03 2023 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: All is sweetness in the Dáil as Paschal pours on the syrupMinister for Public Expenditure and Reform takes it handy while deputising for Taoiseach at Leaders’ Questions and blands Opposition TDs pleasantly to sleepWed May 31 2023 - 21:54
Miriam Lord: The Roaring Rural Independents stand up for the sacred cowsMichael Healy-Rae casts a ‘boo-bonic’ plague on the CoalitionTue May 30 2023 - 20:54
