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Miriam Lord
Miriam Lord columns
Thanks be to Jaaysus: final debate wraps up a God-awful presidential election
Lagging in the polls, Heather Humphreys needed a knockout blow - it was quickly apparent it was not coming
Micheál Martin’s damage limitation might be too little too late after all
O’Donovan tells lovely wee stories, insomnia inspires McCullagh and Sinn Féin slip up on no-shows
Presidential election proving to be a piece of cake for Catherine Connolly
Though her campaign is buoyant, one spirited elderly voter remains unconvinced
Winter may be coming, but Opposition not short of fuel to roast the Taoiseach
Micheál Martin feeling the chill in the Dáil chamber over heating costs and housing
From Belfast to Dublin via the Reichstag, Heather puts in the mileage for Áras bid
Presidential candidate’s fire brigade visit would have been even more valuable two days earlier
Miriam Lord: It was Fianna Fáil’s DUBU Day: Disastrous, Unbelievable, Bizarre, Unprecedented
Jim Gavin posters will be down off lamp-posts quicker than the unauthorised tricolours above them
Big Jim moves to dispel any notion that colleagues are at budget loggerheads
The run up to the budget this year has been unusually quiet. Except within the merciless confines of the Mixed Ministerial Arts octagon in Government Buildings
Martin, resplendent in his single transferable suit, was not ready for Bike Shed Part II
This was one anniversary Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald wasn’t going to miss
Handbag at the Dáil for Maria Steen as her Áras run comes to an end
Catherine Connolly continues her duties as a TD while Heather Humphreys hits the campaign trail ladder
Maria Steen, opponent of marriage equality and abortion, championed as a symbol of choice
Independent Ireland took irony to new level in statement of support for presidential hopeful
People discarded jackets in the heat, but Princess Anne was clad in scarf and gloves
British media outlets described the visit as possibly Michael D’s last engagement with a ‘senior royal’
Eager Ministers line up for their spending money as Coalition announces National Development Plan
The rejigged NDP is ‘unprecedented in scale and scope’, said the Tánaiste. It’s also a bit light on detail
Miriam’s Lord’s Week: The gang’s (almost) all here for the Healy-Rae hooley
Junior Minister Michael hosted a lunch in Leinster House to thank his general election team, but TD brother Danny didn’t attend
Catherine Connolly’s Áras campaign begins with a very ‘soft launch’
Independent TD got a cheer from the Gaza protesters corralled beyond Buswell’s Hotel
Minister for Health makes emergency intervention after Taoiseach’s joke ripples through the House
Danny Healy-Rae makes impassioned plea on behalf of Killorglin publicans ahead of Puck Fair
Taoiseach turned tables on the Opposition when they least expected it with moment of clarity
Proposed increase in personal injury awards has been divisive, yet Micheál Martin took probing question in his stride
Mary Lou seemed to have an extra pep to her step. Was that a Statement Jacket?
Micheál Martin performed a masterclass in sidestepping questions about rising costs
New sheriff Jim O’Callaghan took Leaders’ Questions. Expectations were modest…
Some people might have been thinking Jim O’Callaghan was chosen to answer questions precisely because of the topic
Miriam Lord: ‘Taoiseach, do you do a weekly shop?’ It’s not even funny to think about
Imagine Micheál Martin doing your weekly shop? He’d refuse to look at a biscuit, the house would be awash with broccoli and you’d die for the want of a cheese-and-onion crisp
‘Ceann Comhairle, how long is this going to continue?’: Dáil interruptions starting to wreck Taoiseach’s head
Verona Murphy is not for extending response time despite interruptions much to Martin’s annoyance
House not private for drowned Leinster House fox as TDs serve up groundhog day of Dáil sniping
‘It seems the last shower did damn all because they were too busy preparing for the general election, but new boy Micheál wouldn’t know anything about that’
Phantom cigarette puffer of Merrion Street prompts chortles in Dáil
Taoiseach Micheál Martin spots Minister – who had supposedly quit – smoking outside amid proposal to make Leinster House a tobacco-free zone
Micheál pummelled from all sides over Government’s latest plan to ease rental crisis
As the Taoiseach batted away criticism of Coalition’s rent reforms, he may have asked himself, ‘what would the king of Jordan do?’
Hacks in Montrose must be hallucinating about much greenery in their rundown newsroom
Questions about the €3.5m IT fiasco, ‘groupthink’ and that promo ad didn’t match the roasting of two years ago over Tubsgate
A mother who refused to take no for an answer - for 13 years, 9 months and 20 days
Nearly 14 years after Shane O’Farrell’s needless death, the Minister of Justice presents a public apology
It’s a strange day in the Dáil when a schoolgirl makes the Government squirm with embarrassment
Cara Darmody made her presence felt as Taoiseach signalled intention to tackle delays for children awaiting assessment
It’s been like Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds on Merrion Street since the sun started to shine
Mooney Goes Wild should do a programme from Leinster House
Sinn Féin’s ‘Mr Angry’ meets immovable object that is Micheál
Martin has measure of Pearse Doherty and Co as Dáil standoff continues over delayed report into children’s hip surgery
Hip operations uproar leaves Taoiseach in a bind
Micheál Martin was concerned enough about impending draft report to say ‘the implications are disturbing’
Miriam Lord: The cardinals wore frousers. Sure why can’t the girleens wear skorts?
The outcry over the camogie skorts rule made its way from the pitch to the plinth, and ultimately on to the floor of the Dáil
Tsar Brendan the Terrible Big Salary, that mild-mannered banker set to pulverise those planners
Only one man can ruthlessly deliver and scale up like a mutant amphibious accountant in the country’s drains
Gerry Adams takes jurors in his defamation case against BBC on a very long stroll down memory lane
Former Sinn Féin leader describes formative years in 1960s Belfast to High Court in Dublin
Miriam Lord’s Easter awards: Best Varadkar tribute act, Jemser balance respected and outstanding Dáil dust-up
From the Burke family to Mattie McGrath and Michael Lowry, here are the winners of Miriam Lord's Easter awards
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