Miriam Lord: Look at the size of it! Budget Boys go on a monster Covid spending spreePaschal Donohoe and Michael McGrath’s largesse leaves Opposition struggling to find faultTue Oct 13 2020 - 22:08
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach and Tánaiste see red over ‘Level 5 leak’Leo rages at public health chief; Cap’n Grealish frets about the arts; Harris and Holohan framedSat Oct 10 2020 - 02:54
Miriam Lord: Like a hospital, Stephen Donnelly under pressure but not overwhelmedTimelines and clashing accounts as Minister levels on NphetThu Oct 8 2020 - 23:22
Miriam Lord: Micheál Martin struggles with hauling his carcass out of the comfy seatsMartin Kenny’s contribution to Leaders’ Questions had a few squirming in their seatsWed Oct 7 2020 - 22:56
Miriam Lord: Some TDs could do with bibs as well as masksMary Lou weathers aerosol bombardment from spitting-mad IndependentsTue Oct 6 2020 - 22:53
Miriam Lord: Sweet revenge for Michael Moynihan as Taoiseach gets a roastingSnubbed TD’s 10-year-old daughter tells teacher what she thinks of daddy’s bossSat Oct 3 2020 - 01:54
Miriam Lord: This Government is all out of ideas. Dial 1800 – HelpAnother helpline is needed but not for the beleaguered studentsWed Sep 30 2020 - 22:14
Miriam Lord: Another dog’s dinner as D’Arcy jumps on the gravy trainMary Lou McDonald serves up the latest farce du jour under Taoiseach’s wrinkled noseTue Sep 29 2020 - 22:19
Miriam Lord: Restricted movement for Leo as Micheál finds his strideWe are learning that a pandemic, along with a week, is a long time in politicsSat Sep 26 2020 - 03:30
Miriam Lord: Micheál has Mary Lou pegged as a street angel and House devilParty leaders in bitter exchanges as spirit of acrimony enduresWed Sep 23 2020 - 22:17
Miriam Lord: Let’s call a spad a spad – this Government has woeful timingDecision to provide special advisers to junior ministers comes as pandemic payment is cutTue Sep 22 2020 - 21:55
Miriam Lord: One Martin gets a ringing endorsement while another gets a cold callVirtually no challengers for deputy leader's job as Greens hold their online conferenceSat Sep 19 2020 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Custard-pie Cabinet calls in the Gaviscon Fireman. Bless himGaviscon Fireman Donohoe summoned to ease Government indigestionWed Sep 16 2020 - 22:02
Miriam Lord: Not so splendid self-isolation for hapless CabinetOnly disappointment for the Opposition would have been running out of popcornTue Sep 15 2020 - 22:54
Miriam Lord’s Week: The happy Coalition bond over Big Phil’s blood on the carpetMcGuinness puts some FG noses out of joint while Dáil rumour mill goes into overdriveSat Sep 12 2020 - 01:25
Miriam Lord: Micheál refrains from getting the boot into BorisTaoiseach’s cautious approach draws boos from opposition benchesWed Sep 9 2020 - 21:45
Miriam Lord: Mattie and Matt go head-to-head over socially distant DáilThe Dáil’s move to the Convention Centre continues to generate negative vibesTue Sep 8 2020 - 22:16
Miriam Lord: Watch out for the pork chop police on the scent of €9 mealsGardaí now have the power to hunt down a new sub-class of cocktail sausage criminalsThu Sep 3 2020 - 21:47
Miriam Lord: Can third Minister for Agriculture avoid being turfed out?The fledgling Government has already brought about a truly monumental C-changeWed Sep 2 2020 - 22:37
Miriam Lord’s end of term awards: From worst slogan to best pecsThings can only get better for Taoiseach Micheál Martin as he turns 60 todaySat Aug 1 2020 - 02:00
Miriam Lord: PUP panto strikes bum note with Richard Bruton's ripped torso leading to fainting fitsSinn Féin’s Principal Boy turns on chief member of the Three Ugly MistersWed Jul 29 2020 - 21:29
Miriam Lord: Coalition waiving, not drowning as pay storm ragesGovernment bumbles on as risible sacrifice fails to rescue flagging fortunesTue Jul 28 2020 - 22:43
Miriam Lord: FG’s rural TDs take on party’s city slickersThe country crew were not about to let the Dubs bag all the top parliamentary party jobsSat Jul 25 2020 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Dáil riveted as Taoiseach and McDonald trade blowsSinn Féin leader regards Martin with barely disguised contempt. It seems to be mutualWed Jul 22 2020 - 22:28
Miriam Lord: Welcome to Coalition travel agency, flying all over the place‘Business is booming and more people don’t know whether they are coming or going’Tue Jul 21 2020 - 22:28
Miriam Lord: Skeletons rattle in cupboards as Cowen takes a fallLeo’s pomp, orchard-robber analogy, plastic forks and a six-minute Dáil to Dockside dashSat Jul 18 2020 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Things just keep getting better for the new TaoiseachMartin makes another trip to the park before returning to Dáil for an Opposition savagingWed Jul 15 2020 - 22:35
Miriam Lord: What the actual...? Martin blooded as Taoiseach after he wields axe on CowenMartin knew he could not keep defending minister who would not defend himself in DáilTue Jul 14 2020 - 22:48
Miriam Lord: Paschal’s win makes Phibsboro the financial capital of EuropeDonohoe’s campaign to be elected head of the Eurogroup was ‘like the Eurovision’Sat Jul 11 2020 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Docklands Dáil’s lack of drama has TDs longing for Leinster HouseMinisters few and far between at Convention Centre – taking social distancing a bit too farWed Jul 8 2020 - 22:25
Miriam Lord: Minister for Agriculture tries to get himself out of the manureBarry Cowen’s big apology rounds off Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s big dayTue Jul 7 2020 - 23:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Martin sparks Olympian levels of whingeing in Fianna FáilUpset hopefuls in Fine Gael and Greens manage to hold their emotions in checkSat Jul 4 2020 - 05:30
Miriam Lord: Empty-theatre eeriness as Cabinet takes their seatsConvention Centre houses high drama as political voices cry out in the social distanceTue Jun 30 2020 - 22:31
Miriam Lord: The west is irate as Micheál shifts power balance to CorkThe unprecedented Dáil session in the Convention Centre looked like a theatrical set for a play about a war crimes tribunalSun Jun 28 2020 - 20:49
Miriam Lord: Immovable object beds down with irresistible forceFF and FG could barely wait to get permission to go into government from GreensSat Jun 27 2020 - 01:08
Miriam Lord: Leo keeps it brief for last speech before Dáil packed with about 11 peopleNo stirring words but not a dry seat in the House what with all the extreme disinfectingWed Jun 24 2020 - 21:30
Miriam Lord: Blinking back tears, Charlestown bids farewell to its much-loved Garda ColmFamily, friends and colleagues give community stalwart a loving State funeralSun Jun 21 2020 - 22:05
Miriam Lord: Who will get the big jobs if new coalition gets the Green light?Meanwhile, Eamon Ryan recites poem to weary negotiators during intense late-night sessionSat Jun 20 2020 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Cottage pie and a pint and a trip to the barber of SevilleDáil operatics on behalf of long-haired as pub grub menu mulled over ahead of reopeningWed Jun 17 2020 - 21:54
Miriam Lord: Two meat and veg government finally on the menuLeo tries to seem pleased for potential next taoiseach Micheál, while Eamon buys socksMon Jun 15 2020 - 22:31
Miriam Lord: Some Greens keen to asterisk Deputy R*** out of the pictureWhatever happens now with Eamon Ryan’s leadership, there won’t be any statue of himThu Jun 11 2020 - 22:15
Miriam Lord: Greens in or out? That’s the only question in Leinster HouseFluff is in the air as TDs talk climate change and government formationWed Jun 10 2020 - 22:33
Miriam Lord: Fat cats go bats as captains of industry take over the chamberThe sight of Ibec CEO Danny McCoy in Leo Varadkar’s seat was too much for some TDsTue Jun 9 2020 - 22:16
Miriam Lord: ‘Summer is not lost,’ says Leo but can a government be found?Spurned Ministers carry on as before even though they have lost their seatsThu Jun 4 2020 - 22:05
Miriam Lord: Michael Ring came to praise his department, not bury itMayo TD had the air of a man presiding at the obsequies for his own ministryWed Jun 3 2020 - 22:31
Miriam Lord: Not a bare ankle, hairy knee or a Ming the Trouserless to be seen at Covid committeeFire engine metaphors race to public-private hospital rescueTue Jun 2 2020 - 22:09
Miriam Lord: Reluctant Halligan bangs the nail on the headJohn raises cheers but fails to realise mutual dislike is no bar to unlikely political unionThu May 28 2020 - 22:15
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach is trapped in a Zoom session from hellMary Lou relishes the ‘benefit of great ventilation for all the hot air’ in the chamberWed May 27 2020 - 22:25
Miriam Lord: Leo’s Phoenix pecs just a storm in a bag of cansChestgate. Picnicgate. Posergate. Wickergate. Call it what you will. Varadkar did no harmTue May 26 2020 - 21:17
Miriam Lord: Timing is everything as Alan Kelly blows another gasketLabour leader brings his stopwatch to give out about ‘bonkers’ health guidance for TDsThu May 21 2020 - 22:23