Miriam Lord: Will Michael D know it’s Christmas time at all?
President could be on the Bob Cratchit shift as Government leaves its shopping late
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach sounds like an Ikea ad as he announces Grand Reopening
Micheál served up a nourishing number soup and we lapped it up with palpable relief
SF questions appointment of former NAGP lobbyist to ethics watchdog
Government nominating former Fianna Fáil senator Geraldine Feeney to Sipo
Miriam Lord: TDs do not speak as they do in the official Dáil record. It’s a shame
Political anoraks rejoice as the Nealon’s Guide to the 33rd Dáil and 26th Seanad lands
Coronavirus exposes lack of power exerted by England’s regions
London Letter: Burnham stands up to capital and warns of north being pushed around
Miriam Lord: Dáil reeks of alcohol but Irish politics will not be sanitised
TDs are used to ensuring their seats are safe but never in quite such a literal sense as this
Miriam Lord: What exactly is Alan Kelly doing to a Fianna Fáil senator outside the Dáil?
Man who hopes to take over from Howlin unapologetic
Miriam Lord: Tokens, Istanbul Convention and Independent women
Planning permission, the civil servant who bowed out and male unease at period poverty
Irish SMEs face hardship amid rising business costs
Commercial rates, insurance and access to banking service identified as chief concerns in new Oireachtas report
Cost of doing business, Ryanair’s strike, and the public finances
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Businesses look outside Ireland for insurance as premiums spiral
Rising costs an ‘existential threat’, as 45% of respondents say they threaten their business
Proposed Oireachtas climate change committee to be discussed
Secretaries general would have to account for department’s delivery on climate change
Miriam Lord’s Awards: Winners of this year’s political gongs
Dáil movers, shakers, losers and inbetweeners: A selection from the corridors of power
Lots of huff and puff, but the House still blows down on Friday
Miriam Lord: Despite the hissy fits, TDs unite in the name of the summer recess
Miriam Lord: Dáil prayer rules to make sinners of sitting TDs
Bríd Smith and Ruth Coppinger will refuse to stand for Dáil prayer – will they be ejected?
Vote on changes to Dáil prayer deferred until after Easter
Atheist Ireland wants end to Oireachtas practice of praying to ‘Christ Our Lord’
Miriam Lord gazes at 2017 through her crystal ball
Enda finds his va-va-voom, O’Brien sues nobody and Boyd-Barrett is incandescent
Regina spectre: Halloween break returns to haunt Chief Whip
Dáil Business Committee has no business thinking that it can guide Dáil business
Miriam Lord: FG and FF agree to synchronise their clocks
Nothing like a procedural row, but maybe it’s less not more time they need in Dáil Éireann
Miriam Lord: The curious incident of the dog in the boot
A retiring secretary general recalls a ‘Yes Minister’-style intervention
Miriam Lord: La vie en rose with school out for summer
François Hollande sympathises with Irish press corps as TDs and Senators begin recess
Give this essential ‘new politics’ time and it will work
Too early to dismiss as failure: Vital Dáil reform unlikely to be finished before spring
Reformed Dáil may not be fully functioning until autumn
Delay in forming government means new legislation unlikely to be enacted before July
Under fire Sports Direct renews profit warning
Outlook comes after founder admits group is ‘in trouble’
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