Miriam Lord: Taoiseach nurses bafflement as pay rise for judges fuels rowMicheál Martin reaches for Fempi as Opposition denounces failure to pay student nursesWed Dec 09 2020 - 22:19
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach throws bucket of cold water over little sparks of hope for Brexit dealMicheál Martin offers little comfort as the clock runs down on EU/UK trade talksTue Dec 08 2020 - 22:35
Miriam Lord: Sinn Féin has become Ireland’s new political deleteTweets are dominating the Dáil, and who’ll blink first as Brexit talks go to the brink?Sat Dec 05 2020 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Danny Healy-Rae’s conversion marks a great day for scienceShock news of deputy’s conversion to value of evidence pulses in global research communityWed Dec 02 2020 - 21:58
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach's task force on vaccination fails to stem repeated jabs from KellyBut Micheál wants a buffer of taskforce proportions between a ministerial posterior and the blameTue Dec 01 2020 - 22:34
Miriam Lord: Cartoonist draws a line over five years of politicsMartyn Turner’s Endgames; Santa cleared for takeoff; tie dies; MMO’C makes fresh startSat Nov 28 2020 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Helen McEntee holds up well for someone with barely a leg to stand onMicheál comes out of this saga looking like a patsy and Leo like a bit of a cadThu Nov 26 2020 - 22:10
Miriam Lord: The Dáil's answer to John Wayne overcooks the ham slice, by slice, by sliceKelly vows to get justice – or at least the Minister for Justice – into the DáilWed Nov 25 2020 - 22:26
Miriam Lord: Unity and common purpose in spades but not for Covid fightTaoiseach under pressure to bring on his Minister for Justice to answer questionsTue Nov 24 2020 - 22:45
Miriam Lord: Chastened celebs mortified in MontroseRTÉ social distance, McEntee in Dáil, Woulfe pack, pints in public and moving statuesSat Nov 21 2020 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach gets in a hoof as Mary Lou accuses Coalition of horse-tradingManure hits the fan over FF-FG AG deal and appointment of Séamus WoulfeWed Nov 18 2020 - 22:39
Miriam Lord: ‘Absentee’ Helen sidesteps Woulfe question but what did Leo know?Minister for Justice keeps low profile as Opposition looks for answersTue Nov 17 2020 - 22:29
Miriam Lord: Kerry Senator Ned brings glad tidings as Santa cleared for travelBallybunion locals are on the ball as they fly the American flag for Joe BidenSat Nov 14 2020 - 00:36
Miriam Lord: Award-winning Covid quarters still not the preferred cosy club for TDsWaves of congratulatory indifference pulsed around the tiered velvet seatingWed Nov 11 2020 - 21:41
Miriam Lord: Coalition rows in behind Leo as Sinn Féin battered from pillar to postParty’s meaningless buzzwords, soundbites and rehashed arguments fail to find tractionTue Nov 10 2020 - 22:47
Miriam Lord: TDs do not speak as they do in the official Dáil record. It’s a shamePolitical anoraks rejoice as the Nealon’s Guide to the 33rd Dáil and 26th Seanad landsSat Nov 07 2020 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Dublin 4’s answer to Éamon Ó Cuív resists leniency for LeoAs far as Taoiseach is concerned, if it didn’t occur on his watch, it didn’t happenWed Nov 04 2020 - 22:00
Miriam Lord: Others have not been so lucky, but Leo the spilldoctor survivesCabinet incontinence is all about some things being more confidential than othersTue Nov 03 2020 - 23:04
Phil Hogan has reason to be aggrieved over von der Leyen’s Covid quarantine tripEC president drove five hours from Belgium, through Netherlands, to HanoverSat Oct 24 2020 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: All test and no trace makes Jack a very ill boy'Close encounters of the Covid kind, running on continuous loop in everyone’s head. And nobody knows the ending'Wed Oct 21 2020 - 22:53
Miriam Lord: Dáil reeks of alcohol but Irish politics will not be sanitisedTDs are used to ensuring their seats are safe but never in quite such a literal sense as thisTue Oct 20 2020 - 21:03
Miriam Lord: Nphet’s efforts to flatten the leaky curve fall flatThe House ushers in a special moment but has no time for unladylike behaviourSat Oct 17 2020 - 00:07
Miriam Lord: Record budget forgotten in record timeMother-and-baby homes, Level 4 restrictions and Brexit shove big spenders off agendaWed Oct 14 2020 - 22:03
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 08 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 07 2020 - 22:56
Miriam Lord: Some TDs could do with bibs as well as masksMary Lou weathers aerosol bombardment from spitting-mad IndependentsTue Oct 06 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 03 2020 - 01:54
Miriam Lord: This Government is all out of ideas. Dial 1800 – HelpAnother helpline is needed but not for the beleaguered studentsWed Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 19 2020 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Custard-pie Cabinet calls in the Gaviscon Fireman. Bless himGaviscon Fireman Donohoe summoned to ease Government indigestionWed Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 12 2020 - 01:25
Miriam Lord: Micheál refrains from getting the boot into BorisTaoiseach’s cautious approach draws boos from opposition benchesWed Sept 09 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 Sept 08 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 Sept 03 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 Sept 02 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 01 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
