The air froze in the chamber: Walsh’s input was disgustingLook at the damaged, drug-addled, alcoholic, depressed women around you. Because they are among us. In great numbers, apparentlyWed Jul 17 2013 - 01:00
Giddiness fills the air – but not from blue Peter MathewsDáil Sketch: the deputy for Dublin South didn’t appear to be taking well his new status as one of the ExpelledThu Jul 04 2013 - 01:01
Cabinet longs for rewind button as EU glory fadesThe Anglo tapes and abortion Bill were poor consolation for sufferers of the Post-Presidency SlumpWed Jul 03 2013 - 01:00
Creighton finally lays her cards on the table without showing them allSketch: meandering Dáil debate will have little bearing on women leaving the StateTue Jul 02 2013 - 01:00
Austerity leaves bitter taste as Leinster House sweet shop shutsThe €1.3m shop at Kildare Street gate closes five years after Bertie Ahern openedThu Jun 27 2013 - 07:08
Enda the executioner hears senators’ last requestsTaoiseach moves Seanad Abolition BillThu Jun 27 2013 - 01:00
Enda’s big plan sure to give bankers last laughThe Taoiseach has provided another Merlot moment for the shameless suitsWed Jun 26 2013 - 01:00
Half a century on, the Kennedy clan comes back to an Ireland it helped make proudMembers of the Kennedy family were on hand yesterday to launch the National Library’s JFK ‘Homecoming’ exhibitionFri Jun 21 2013 - 01:00
Clare too cool to drool as slobber jibe hits home over ObamasSome of the coverage was toe-curlingThu Jun 20 2013 - 01:02
Midges make the most of Obamas at GlendaloughA tour of the monastic site was followed by a trip to Dalkey for lunch with BonoWed Jun 19 2013 - 01:02
America’s first ladies rise for ‘Riverdance’Visit to Gaiety proves major hit for Obama womenTue Jun 18 2013 - 01:00
A pint of Harper is your only manThe Canadians’ love for Guinness is plain, though they just had a few swigsMon Jun 17 2013 - 01:00
Metaphorical McSharry sends in the clownsSligo-based Senator did himself no favours by following up Seanad antics with car-crash radio interviewSat Jun 15 2013 - 01:01
Country before Crozier for Catholic KennyIn recent months, the Taoiseach has been at the business end of a severe bludgeoning, but he hasn’t flinchedThu Jun 13 2013 - 01:10
Marc MacSharry and The Fears of a ClownThe senator from Sligo has a big interest in amateur dramatics, but he isn’t very good at itWed Jun 12 2013 - 01:02
Final farewell for ‘Deano’ a simple and sad occasionAt Dean Fitzpatrick’s funeral, it was hard to believe so much heartbreak could be visited upon one familyWed Jun 05 2013 - 01:00
Reality check for Shattering classThere was never any doubt about what the first matter for discussion was going to beThu May 30 2013 - 01:00
No confidence? But there’s no end to his brilliance’All the while Shatter looked on serenely, eyebrows peaked in utter disdain’Wed May 29 2013 - 07:20
Gilmore goes out on a Labour limbo for ShatterDáil sketch: Minister for Justice deflects questions on his starring role in the use of unrecorded Garda informationThu May 23 2013 - 01:00
Shatter gets through the gap and awayDail sketch: street-fighting Minister comes away from his bout over Mick Wallace controversy largely unscathedWed May 22 2013 - 07:13
Doctors differ, patients fly and majority in Leinster House give abortion Bill a wide berthOireachtas hearings matter little to the women leaving Ireland for abortionTue May 21 2013 - 01:00
Super Simon Coveney earns the plaudits for marathon talks on fishing deal“That man is a machine!” said one tweeter quoted in German newspaper Die WeltSat May 18 2013 - 01:00
Necktie proves a knotty problem for Dáil visitorA Finn in the press gallery wasn’t to know that a two-tiered sartorial system operates in the Dáil chamberWed May 15 2013 - 01:00
In awe of a ‘brave’ leader’s sanityEnda Kenny is a talented, intelligent, communicative and brave leader – at least in the gushing opinion of Senator Marie Louise O’DonnellSat May 11 2013 - 08:55
Sunlight fails to illuminate Kildare StreetFirst austerity, then suicide and finally, abortion. By the time the third question was through, all we were fit for was a panel of six psychiatrists and strong drink.Wed May 08 2013 - 06:24
No floodgates but same old departure gatesAnd there’s 14 more weeks of argument to come before the finalised Bill comes before the DáilThu May 02 2013 - 06:00
Cabinet of curiosities fails to reveal secretsEnda Kenny delivered a speech in praise of the dairy industry when all waited on news of draft legislation on abortionWed May 01 2013 - 11:00
Come all ye faithful and hear humble Micheál’s party parable: fly Fianna Fáil – a fare away from RecoveryThe chief’s keynote address was the rhetorical equivalent of beige: nondescriptMon Apr 29 2013 - 05:00
Opposition blown away by salary of Bank of Ireland’s Richie RichTaoiseach defends Noonan’s honour against Mattie McGrath onslaughtThu Apr 25 2013 - 05:00
Muffled bell tolls for passing of once mighty Iron LadyMaggie’s farewell gig was full of pomp and circumstance, but strangely mutedThu Apr 18 2013 - 07:00
Another birthday for Sinn Féin’s Most Glorious Leader and Perpetual PresidentFor sheer longevity, Gerry Adams is among the dearest of global Dear LeadersMon Apr 15 2013 - 07:00
Mountaineer Taoiseach commemorates Rising while Dr Who puts spring in Shatter’s stepVolunteers of 1916 would be comforted to see the Republic in such capable handsMon Apr 01 2013 - 05:05
Former taoisigh talk of past glories to help keep the wolves from their doorsNice to see Bertie Ahern and John Bruton are still making some money from the Celtic Tiger and the peace dividendSat Mar 30 2013 - 08:14
Cheers and tears as emotions overflow on strange and bittersweet dayEnda walked up to them, his eyes already brimming. He cupped Helen’s face in his hands and they hugged. ‘Great day,’ he whisperedFri Mar 29 2013 - 01:00
In the banks Enda still seems to trustTaoiseach assures women nobody would have to give up a job for a mortgage write-downThu Mar 28 2013 - 06:00
Flower power takes centre stage with lilies of the DáilThere was much consideration of the Easter lily in the Dáil yesterdayWed Mar 27 2013 - 06:00
Stories of quiet desperation from a once-gilded generation in Meath EastFinal weekend push in byelection campainMon Mar 25 2013 - 06:00
US males pose dilemma for TDsEamon Gilmore made headlines by dropping Savannah from his St Patrick’s week itinerary in AmericaSat Mar 23 2013 - 12:00
Rabbitte goes down memory lane, back to the abyssWe had begun to miss that cliff so often referred to by GilmoreFri Mar 22 2013 - 12:00
