Miriam Lord’s Week: The men who dined for Ireland made sacrifices tooBertie Ahern and Michael McDowell remember how they had to ‘endure Jamie Oliver’s squid in ink for lunch’ in Downing Street during Belfast Agreement negotiationsSat May 27 2023 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Kite-flying season begins with ChatFGTD solo-runA pleasingly vicious start to Dáil Éireann’s ancient political pursuit of budget balloon trialsWed May 24 2023 - 19:23
Miriam Lord: Happy Bertday as former taoiseach feted in Seanad Mary Lou McDonald on cloud nine in wake of Sinn Féin’s Northern earthquake on 25th anniversary of Belfast AgreementTue May 23 2023 - 21:54
Miriam Lord’s Week: Diligent Verona Murphy’s masterclass in pulling teethPoliticians prevail despite sustained and mystifying onslaught of corporate gobbledegook at the Public Accounts CommitteeSat May 20 2023 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: ‘Future Taoiseach’ Simon Harris charts a hit with Liz Truss pop at Sinn Féin Simon Harris made his concluding remarks into a barrage of highly indignant roaring from across the floorWed May 17 2023 - 20:49
Miriam Lord: When Mary Lou McDonald met Brian O’DriscollHonest to God, but Sinn Féin is looking more and more like a party of Government as the year goes onTue May 16 2023 - 21:56
Miriam Lord’s Week: Who’s the joker sending Insta-quips during the king’s coronation? Did the Taoiseach’s partner Matthew Barrett break protocol by posting on social media during the ceremony at Westminster Abbey? Apparently notSat May 13 2023 - 05:00
Sandymount socialist set want answers but Taoiseach won’t play ballMiriam Lord: Ivana Bacik namedrops union leader Mick Lynch but forgets Varadkar’s day at the coronationWed May 10 2023 - 21:30
Miriam Lord: Richmond all togged out for today’s retail scrumThe junior minister has his sights firmly set on the big hitters in the grocery businessWed May 10 2023 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Stephen Donnelly got his fingers badly burned this week. Nothing new in that, some might sayBritish ambassador among guests at Classiebawn Castle to mark links with MullaghmoreSat May 06 2023 - 03:00
Angry reaction in the Dáil as Varadkar invokes Siege of JobstownTaoiseach’s remarks about 2014 water charges protest ‘scandalous’, says People Before Profit TDWed May 03 2023 - 22:13
Patter of tiny feet expected at the Áras amid happy news aplentyMiriam Lord’s Week: How nice it has been to hear about some warm-hearted relationships - and an end to the ‘shocking rows’ between Fine Gael politicians in KilkennySat Apr 29 2023 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: No hurling from the ditch as Tánaiste gets stuck into Collins reportsThe compelling action came when the Tánaiste got stuck into The DitchThu Apr 27 2023 - 22:02
Peace breaks out briefly in Leinster House as Mary Lou reaches for the right wordsStatements on the anniversary of the Belfast Agreement give a much-needed truce to the daily Dáil set-piece between Mary Lou and LeoWed Apr 26 2023 - 21:32
Miriam Lord: Varadkar’s dead wallaby defence buys Niall Collins no time for a breakOpposition TDs say they will not tolerate another statement in the tumbleweed hoursTue Apr 25 2023 - 22:11
Miriam Lord’s week: Senator’s tweet a shining example of the Great Nutcasement Sharon Keogan’s risible revelation that several non-Irish people are in top jobs here was followed by the contemptible tagline ‘no Irish need apply’Sat Apr 22 2023 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: A jaw-dropping, arrogant performance from Robert Watt – the prince of permanent governmentWatt never intended to come across as dismissive, cocky, combative and arrogant at the Oireachtas finance committee but unfortunately for him he didWed Apr 19 2023 - 22:16
Miriam Lord: Mary Lou subdued as questions about Dowdall links hang over Sinn FéinLearnings from Holohan appointment saga will be taken away never to be seen againTue Apr 18 2023 - 21:43
Miriam Lord’s Week: Baby Margot steals the Joe show on a bittersweet day for LabourOld pro Biden left holding Senator Rebecca Moynihan’s two-month-old daughter after Thursday’s address to OireachtasSat Apr 15 2023 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Biden butters up TDs and Senators and delivers extra cheeseUS president’s address to joint Houses of the Oireachtas turns into a frequently hilarious, occasionally touching and ultimately heartwarming homecomingThu Apr 13 2023 - 22:34
Miriam Lord: Joe Biden, giddy with Irish pride, serves up delicious gaffe From a famous rugby victory to the Louth-born prime minister, the US president was a tonic as he shared thoughts on various topicsWed Apr 12 2023 - 21:59
Miriam Lord’s Week: A little more fanfare is called for when public art is unveiledCrowd turns out for unveiling of Nobel winner John Hume’s bustSat Apr 01 2023 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: No-confidence motion descends into bad pantoEven though final result was never in doubt, debate was fraught and shouty with both sides slugging it out over 2½ rancorous hoursWed Mar 29 2023 - 22:00
Miriam Lord: Leo in combative mood as he dares turkeys to vote for ChristmasEveryone in the Dáil agrees the Taoiseach was probably right – it is highly unlikely all the turkeys will vote for Christmas this time outTue Mar 28 2023 - 22:51
Miriam Lord’s Week: Mary Lou McDonald and Jeffrey Donaldson learn there’s no partition in economy classSinn Féin leader finds there is no partition in economy class as she is seated in the same row as DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson on their way home from WashingtonFri Mar 24 2023 - 21:15
Miriam Lord: TD wonders how much Independent support in eviction ban vote cost taxpayerNo skin off Leo’s nose if a few Coalition TDs jump ship rather than vote to end eviction banWed Mar 22 2023 - 21:52
Miriam Lord: Hillbilly Leo from the badlands of Blanch leaves Tóibín bemusedThere were no Green Party TDs in sight during the debate on Sinn Féin’s motion to extend the eviction banTue Mar 21 2023 - 20:50
Miriam Lord’s week: From rugby royalty to action man overloadSpecial 50th anniversary lunch in London; selfies in the Dáil; and Ministers get busy with the kettle bellsSat Mar 11 2023 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Clumsy International Women’s Day tributes echo around Leinster HouseFemale TDs give out about injustice while the men give shout-outs to their mammiesWed Mar 08 2023 - 21:18
Miriam Lord: It’s ‘Properly Daft.ie’ as the baby Greens wail against their leader’s betrayalCoalition’s decision to end eviction ban and keep landlords sweet leaves Opposition with a bitter tasteTue Mar 07 2023 - 22:00
Miriam Lord’s week: Lavish praise for Micheál Martin prompts sulking, then politicians acknowledge they’re all great Holly Cairns hasn’t put a foot wrong, apart from her first singleFri Mar 03 2023 - 21:25
Varadkar marks Holly Cairns’s big day by talking about VaradkarNew leader of the Social Democrats receives world-weary advice from Taoiseach on the burdens of leadershipWed Mar 01 2023 - 21:41
Miriam Lord: Mary Lou is all for the EU-UK deal - just don’t expect her to say its nameIf only the deal had been struck somewhere less posh, then the Sinn Féin leader wouldn’t be so tongue-tiedTue Feb 28 2023 - 21:14
Miriam Lord’s Week: Hallucinatory scenes give way to realpolitik in the DáilDrug talk and a pirate appearance soon overtaken by Soc Dems co-leaders’ exit announcementSat Feb 25 2023 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Roll up for a Hash Wednesday joint resignationWhat’s seldom is wonderful as Soc Dems’ big announcement takes the heat off Hilde-ganjeWed Feb 22 2023 - 21:43
Miriam Lord: Fine Gael happy to dish it out as Sinn Féin’s election expenses come under fireLeo Varadkar claims ‘we’ve had tribunals’ for less than Sinn Féin’s electoral spend ‘contradictions’Tue Feb 21 2023 - 21:21
Mary Butler earned the title of designated survivor on St Patrick’s Day after brush with skin cancerMiriam Lord’s week: The Minister of State is looking forward to minding the fort on March 17th while the rest of the Dáil are globetrottingSat Feb 18 2023 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: ‘Mini-budget’ becomes a big deal amid frantic back-and-forth in DáilTaoiseach is adamant there will be no kite-flying or leaks in the days before the big announcementWed Feb 15 2023 - 21:18
Miriam Lord: Can China understand a word that Mattie McGrath says?Chinese-manufactured surveillance cameras come sharply into focus in the Leinster House of Flying DaggersTue Feb 14 2023 - 21:00
Miriam Lord’s week: Bertie Ahern is happy, he enjoys the attention. He misses itNews that the former taoiseach rejoined Fianna Fáil after quitting it 11 years ago before he was pushed by Micheál Martin greatly enlivened the political weekSat Feb 11 2023 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Bertie Ahern is back. What could possibly go wrong?The Return of Bartholomew offers a laugh to downbeat Dáil grinding its way through immigration issueWed Feb 08 2023 - 22:15
Brigid the Green takes her place among the founding fathersEamon Ryan makes a seasonal selection for a portrait alongside Collins and De Valera in Taoiseach’s officeSat Feb 04 2023 - 00:00
Miriam Lord: Leo executes slick hit-and-run on ministerial predecessorA complicated case about memos flying around government offices explaining how to lawfully do unfortunate divils out of their few bob becomes completely bewilderingWed Feb 01 2023 - 20:54
Miriam Lord: Leo leaves ‘em rolling in the aisles with perfect deadpan delivery‘Some people are laughing at me,’ Varadkar tells Dáil, responding to allegations State diddled people out of refunds for nursing home feesTue Jan 31 2023 - 21:23
Miriam Lord’s Week: Love is in the air in Seanad as politicians tie themselves in knotsLisa Chambers in a dither, Sinn Féin with a softened cough, and a pair of Senators who wouldn’t take ‘ladies, please’ for an answerSat Jan 28 2023 - 03:15
Miriam Lord: A very civil war breaks out over election expenses as parties realise truce is in everyone’s best interestsPaschal undergoes an intensive course of donation regression therapyWed Jan 25 2023 - 20:45
Miriam Lord: Was the famously, sometimes annoyingly, even-tempered Paschal Donohoe finally going to lose his rag?Michael Stone’s statement on Tuesday morning took the heat out of the election expenses controversyTue Jan 24 2023 - 22:17
Miriam Lord’s Week: Bruiser Barry’s sensible response to Paschal furore leaves Claire Byrne at a lossBarry Cowen started off by saying very nice things about Paschal. Then moved on to say even nicer thingsSat Jan 21 2023 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: If Paschal Donohoe falls, the whole house of cards of this Government falls with himMinister appeared to be fuming about having to make another Dáil statement. Was it with himself? Or the Opposition?Thu Jan 19 2023 - 21:10
Miriam Lord: Opposition tears strips off poster boy Paschal as Dáil resumesIn his first Leaders’ Questions as newly installed Taoiseach, Varadkar sticks up for his beleaguered Minister over 2016 election poster expensesWed Jan 18 2023 - 20:47
