Miriam Lord: Poor Dara Murphy, poor Leo Varadkar and all the other victims in Fine GaelLeo’s claim for second term in doubt after Dara Murphy walks away with nice packageWed Dec 04 2019 - 22:00
Miriam Lord: Fine Gael’s invisible men appear for Murphy’s full house‘Air Miles’ Dara Murphy disappears again after confidence vote in Eoghan MurphyTue Dec 03 2019 - 22:05
Miriam Lord: Fine Gael’s byelection hopes fall victim to Murphy’s lawParty leaders make their excuses as their Wexford candidate fails to haul in votesSun Dec 01 2019 - 21:48
Miriam Lord: Barefaced cheek as Fianna Fáil chases make-up billsElection fever simmers as politicians begin stockpiling ammunition – against each otherSat Nov 30 2019 - 02:00
Miriam Lord: How will the Dáil fill a huge void left by a huge void?Ireland’s loss is Europe’s gain as Fine Gael TD for Cork North-Central heads to BrusselsWed Nov 27 2019 - 21:56
Miriam Lord: What’s Leo going to do about You-Know-Who?Party leaders were keen to avoid mentioning Verona Murphy’s name, for different reasonsTue Nov 26 2019 - 22:44
Miriam Lord: Leo makes Wexford wait while Wallace takes the MickLearjet woes, compo culture and Maria Bailey all made an appearance this weekSat Nov 23 2019 - 03:07
Miriam Lord: Shameless FG self-promotion leads to FF conniptionsMicheál Martin not happy as Fine Gael flock to broadband contract signing en masseWed Nov 20 2019 - 21:30
Miriam Lord: Broadband trumpet-blowing silenced by Verona’s bum notesMicheál Martin goes on attack as Opposition refuses to dance to Government’s tuneTue Nov 19 2019 - 22:20
‘Gets moneyyy!’ TDs grumble as sports grant news leaked to chosen fewRivals claim Taoiseach was tweeting congrats to clubs in his constituency before deadlineSat Nov 16 2019 - 01:45
Miriam Lord: John Bercow expatiates for K Club with loquacious prolixityThe florid rabbiting of the former speaker, although entertaining, can become tryingThu Nov 14 2019 - 20:56
Miriam Lord: Noel Grealish cuts remarkable figures with his loose grasp on factsIndependent TD’s provocative question leads to a second day of blowback in the DáilWed Nov 13 2019 - 21:57
Miriam Lord: Rare outing from the lesser-spotted Grealish captures Dáil attentionWe worried the dog at home heard TD’s powerful whistle and escapedTue Nov 12 2019 - 22:16
Miriam Lord: Camera-shy Shane Ross’s plea for poster ban is binnedThe minister for self-effacement asked rivals this week to consider going greenSat Nov 09 2019 - 01:58
Miriam Lord: So long, Uncle Gaybo, even in death you got it rightHeady mix of light-entertainment stalwarts and RTÉ luvvies wedged into wooden pewsFri Nov 08 2019 - 21:30
Miriam Lord: Dáil voting, Gerry Adams’s hair and the never-ending tit-for-tatUnwelcome light has settled on cavalier attitude of some politicians to their Dáil dutyWed Nov 06 2019 - 22:15
Miriam Lord: Original Citizens’ Assembly Gay Byrne takes precedenceCondolences for late broadcaster precede rows about hospitals and ‘money messages’Tue Nov 05 2019 - 22:01
Miriam Lord: ‘Votegate’ takes a backseat as fobbing fever grips the DáilDo TDs fob each other into the chamber? Lt Columbo aka Paul Murphy cracks the caseSat Oct 26 2019 - 02:36
Miriam Lord: The pressing mystery of the Four ButtoneersDáil makes a meal of latest shambles to darken its democratic, buttoned-up worldThu Oct 24 2019 - 22:05
Miriam Lord: Leo’s lovely manners stick around during War of ButtonsSchrodooley’s Seat occurs when a Clare TD seemed to have voted and not voted at the same timeWed Oct 23 2019 - 22:04
Miriam Lord: Dáil priorities skewed as War of Buttons diminishes State apologyTDs too busy arguing over ‘Votegate’ to share ‘watershed moment’ over cervical scandalTue Oct 22 2019 - 22:18
Miriam Lord: ‘Plastered’ TD becomes first casualty of non-election feverFergus O’Dowd breaks leg while leafleting and Josepha Madigan’s trumpet-blowingSat Oct 19 2019 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Dáil exchanges turn snappy amid election heebie-jeebiesMartin and Varadkar fight over respective disability sector records as Brexit truce holdsWed Oct 16 2019 - 21:47
Miriam Lord: Westport to Turlough road eclipses Brexit as day’s big revealMeanwhile, Coveney was attending Leaders’ Questions. The poor man needed the restTue Oct 15 2019 - 22:08
Miriam Lord’s Week: Fine Gael troops told to push back against Fianna Fáil swaggerThe party needs to stop talking itself into opposition, reckons Simon HarrisSat Oct 12 2019 - 01:56
Miriam Lord: Was Leo caught rapid reading a budget speech someone else wrote?Taoiseach tries to impress with biblical and literary quotes, but is hoist by his own petardWed Oct 09 2019 - 22:33
Miriam Lord: Welcome to the House of Funds budget for Brexit madnessPaschal Donohoe seeks shelter from Brexit storm in a budget without surprisesTue Oct 08 2019 - 21:48
Miriam Lord: A scare in Sligo as FF ghosts come out for ‘Mac the Knife’Blasts from the party’s past gather to pay homage to former tánaiste Ray MacSharrySat Oct 05 2019 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Leo’s gas announcement eclipses Boris’s hot airNo alarm and no surprises for Taoiseach and Tánaiste as briefing gets barely a mentionWed Oct 02 2019 - 22:18
Miriam Lord: Elevation of nonsense is the new normalThanks to Johnson and his ‘non-papers’ it’s only a matter of time before . . . non-budget leaksTue Oct 01 2019 - 21:50
Miriam Lord: Dubs delight in mischievous talk of six-in-a-rowNo begrudgers were welcome at the homecoming for county’s two winning teamsSun Sept 29 2019 - 21:22
Miriam Lord: Brendan Ogle eager to get back in the leftie limelightWith Paul Murphy starting his own party, Ogle thinks it’s a good time to unite socialistsSat Sept 28 2019 - 03:00
Miriam Lord: Brexit ‘like being eight and a half months pregnant for three years’Nothing to do in Kildare Street but wait for big fish to savage themselves into a solutionWed Sept 25 2019 - 22:40
Miriam Lord: Lofty new chamber fails to inspire waffling SenatorsBack in their expensively refurbished Upper House, the talk was still resolutely cheapTue Sept 24 2019 - 23:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Paschal gets a birthday surprise from JavidA priest delivers Leo from Brexit evil; and ex-senator Lorraine Higgins joins the lobbySat Sept 21 2019 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: No fighting cocks at the ploughing but plenty of cowboy hatsVaradkar proves he is not a man who eats his dinner in the middle of the dayThu Sept 19 2019 - 21:49
Miriam Lord: It’s not eviction – it’s just psyching people out of their homesDáil Sketch: Tenants told ‘notice to quit’ is not the same as eviction – they’ll sleep easy, soWed Sept 18 2019 - 22:21
Miriam Lord: Silly season returns as Dáil seeks Operation GreenshovelLeo Varadkar leads his B Team back for a new Dáil term but where’s the Brexit plan?Tue Sept 17 2019 - 22:06
Miriam Lord: Murphy wisely swerves dodgy optics of caravan photoPictures of politicians splashing about without a care can make many people violently illThu Sept 12 2019 - 20:52
Miriam Lord: Is Adams in the hot tub and other burning questions from the SF think-inWhile barmy Boris and Co go bonkers over Brexit, Sinn Féin eye solutions-focused successWed Sept 11 2019 - 22:03
Miriam Lord: Ghost of Bertie apparent as tink-in season rolls roundMercifully for the small band of media in Gorey, all the sessions were held in privateTue Sept 10 2019 - 21:41
Miriam Lord: Boris stepped off roundabout looking dizzy, like a dishevelled DougalJohnson was in Dublin scattering optimism and enthusiasm about like fairy dustMon Sept 09 2019 - 20:47
Miriam Lord: How Mike Pence shat on the new carpet in Ireland’s spare roomStoical smiles as US vice-president delivers strong endorsement of Johnson and BrexitTue Sept 03 2019 - 22:23
Miriam Lord: No dreams were harmed in the making of this All-Ireland epicFinal score: Dublin 1-16, Kerry 1-16 and everyone else a basket case.Sun Sept 01 2019 - 22:14
Miriam Lord’s Awards: Winners of this year’s political gongsDáil movers, shakers, losers and inbetweeners, plus the prestigious George Clooney AwardSat Jul 20 2019 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Scuttling things in the Dáil barsA rat in TDs’ midst; Shane Ross’s birthday; Dr Reilly’s tie; hands, knees and boomps-a-daisySat Jul 13 2019 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Olympian effort as FG bluebloods go toe to toe in boxing ringA repentant Leo is smarting for his sins after troublesome weekFri Jul 05 2019 - 20:51
Miriam Lord: Laughing Taoiseach admits his fan mail days are behind himTaoiseach switches EU fast lane for Dáil clash over Cork roundaboutWed Jul 03 2019 - 22:46
Miriam Lord: Richard Bruton is like an oxygen eater in an upturned boatGovernment’s chief damper downer tries to sooth TDs rattled by MercosurTue Jul 02 2019 - 22:39
Miriam Lord: Healy-Raes show the true meaning of party politicsMinisters in a tizzy about last week’s column; and yours truly comes a quiz cropperSat Jun 29 2019 - 04:00
