Miriam Lord: Creed’s straight bat sends Fianna Fáil into a spinMinister for Agriculture changes the tune but Opposition still refusing to buy itWed Nov 07 2018 - 23:08
Miriam Lord: Usual suspects engage in vicious backstop backstabbingVaradkar and McDonald savage each other over Border during Leaders’ QuestionsTue Nov 06 2018 - 22:12
Miriam Lord: Áras openness, Michael D and seven more yearsPresident Higgins received a warm letter of congratulations but did Brazil's Bolsonaro?Sat Nov 03 2018 - 05:14
Miriam Lord: Higgins hits right notes in right speech at right timeAirwaves buzzed with talk about the man who came a distant second, and how Casey might shake up IrelandSun Oct 28 2018 - 09:04
Miriam Lord’s Week: I hear you’re a bigamist now, KevinKevin ‘Butty’ Moran’s (first) wife seems quite pleased to have him taken off her handsSat Oct 27 2018 - 01:44
Miriam Lord: Nothing is sacred as Dáil all but forgets about blasphemyApart from Brendan Howlin urging a Yes vote, not many Deputies seemed to careWed Oct 24 2018 - 21:11
Miriam Lord: Clash between Coyote Casey and Talking Tea Cosy disappointsViewers of RTÉ presidential debate got an even-handed free for allWed Oct 24 2018 - 00:16
Miriam Lord’s Week: Toaster police pop up at Leinster House‘Irish Times’ sparks Brussels spat, political women booked and Casey Traveller remarksSat Oct 20 2018 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Higgins, informed and eloquent. Casey, a street fighterIt is lowest common denominator stuff, but Casey knows exactly what he is doingThu Oct 18 2018 - 01:03
Miriam Lord: It’s nothing personal but . . .No apologies for Frances Fitzgerald and no women for new ministerial appointmentsTue Oct 16 2018 - 23:29
Miriam Lord: Guess who should not have come to dinner?Ministers and billionaires are meant to be smart. What were Naughten and McCourt thinking?Sat Oct 13 2018 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Naughten runs for cover under close questioningFrustrated Fianna Fáil chief Micheál Martin resorts to . . . Jack Nicholson impressionWed Oct 10 2018 - 22:12
Miriam Lord: Paschal just needed a chorister’s ruff to complete choirboy imageHead count of five in Dáil bar before the speech proves budget is no longer box officeTue Oct 09 2018 - 21:59
Miriam Lord: Bríd Smith neatly finishes Varadkar’s sentenceLeo knew he was about to put his foot in it on housing, so he put his mouth in reverseSat Oct 06 2018 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Even the dog in the street knows housing policy is brokenFor TDs, 10,000 protesters outside Dáil bring housing crisis uncomfortably close to homeWed Oct 03 2018 - 22:30
Miriam Lord: Gavin Duffy launches himself as a Brexit secret weaponThe candidate has dramatically unveiled himself as the country’s nuclear optionTue Oct 02 2018 - 22:46
Miriam Lord: Michael D will not be spared in an election bloodbathBut which of the chasers can take advantage of chinks in the presidential armour?Sat Sept 29 2018 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Presidential candidates get set to be viciously good-manneredLovely visions unfurl at RTÉ as election debating starts without Higgins and GallagherThu Sept 27 2018 - 22:20
Miriam Lord: Michael D strong on vision guff - but it is of the highest qualityAfter witnessing the 77-year-old you’d be afraid for the other fiveWed Sept 26 2018 - 22:23
Miriam Lord: Leo quells annual tizzy over Christmas bonusKite-flying isn’t what it used to be. This one flew for barely a dayTue Sept 25 2018 - 22:00
Miriam Lord: Tourists ask Higgins to show them the wayPresident helps Germans find Donaghmede while Madigan shows off her HochdeutschSat Sept 22 2018 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Politicians create their own wind warning in Leinster HouseDeputies are stuck in Ploughing-related tailbacks as they return from summer breakWed Sept 19 2018 - 21:14
Miriam Lord: Michael D outshines dragons on ploughing fields of ScregganPresident’s ploughing championship visit leaves challengers with ground to make upTue Sept 18 2018 - 22:34
Miriam Lord: Tánaiste keeps his papal kitten promiseCoveney inundated with cat offers after bribing daughter (5) to greet the popeSat Sept 15 2018 - 02:00
Miriam Lord: Presidential hopefuls take a dander down Daft AvenueCouncillors driven round the bend as candidate selection process goes off the railsThu Sept 13 2018 - 22:37
Miriam Lord: Scally report exposes a heartless, paternalistic cultureScally has shown up a noxious current in Irish medicine in all its arrogant swaggerThu Sept 13 2018 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Let he who is without spin cast the first stoneIn Malahide, a wide-eyed Micheál Martin berated Fine Gael for inventing political spinTue Sept 11 2018 - 21:52
Miriam Lord: Good show, but papal pulling power wanesHugely anticipated visit of Pope Francis to Ireland did not attract the expected numbersMon Aug 27 2018 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Pope begs for forgiveness but years of inaction beg the question: why should we?All smiles and plundering flowers, it was magnificent – for those who wanted to be thereSun Aug 26 2018 - 22:18
Miriam Lord: Zappone puts Tuam scandal to the fore during pontiff’s visit to IrelandMinister addresses him in the language of her forebears and Francis replies in EnglishSat Aug 25 2018 - 21:12
Miriam Lord: Putting Ireland first in sweltering Carlow chamberPotential presidential candidates display their stalls to polite Carlovian councillorsWed Aug 15 2018 - 21:28
Miriam Lord: Mexicans in dreamland but Michael D’s in limboRDS was hopping with champagne, spice bags and tarot cards as President bides his timeFri Aug 10 2018 - 22:10
Miriam Lord: Presidential wannabe moves centre stage on Ladies Day at GalwayGavin Duffy happy to get into any enclosure to press the fleshThu Aug 02 2018 - 22:23
Miriam Lord: Why I am running for PresidentPlus: ‘Make Ireland late again’ – Why I’m running for office of Uachtaráin na hÉireannSat Jul 21 2018 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Ministers bolt for beach after being held captive in KerryCabinet made to wait for emancipation in Daniel O’Connell’s former homeWed Jul 18 2018 - 22:09
Miriam Lord: A daring U-turn on occupied territoriesFF veteran goes from opposing to supporting Frances Black’s Bill, but Coveney’s not happySat Jul 14 2018 - 01:14
Miriam Lord: Meghan and Harry dazzle under terms and conditionsNewly wed prince and actress princess unleash waves of unbridled enthusiasmWed Jul 11 2018 - 23:50
Miriam Lord: Election talk grips TDs as Higgins comes to termsSparse Dáil attendance as Deputies prepare to party with Prince Harry and Meghan MarkleTue Jul 10 2018 - 22:10
Miriam Lord’s Week: Football comes home to the Dáil barSinn Féin supports Colombia with gusto as Leo faces penalties over his US remarksSat Jul 07 2018 - 05:55
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach on Tour loses the run of himselfWhen a politician says a journalist isn’t interested in the truth it’s usually because that politician can’t handle the truthWed Jul 04 2018 - 21:38
Miriam Lord: Hot air and rainy days - there’s less weather talk in the Met Office‘Do you feel wanted this morning,’ Simon asks Mary Lou in one of the weirder momentsTue Jul 03 2018 - 22:19
Miriam Lord: Incoming stork to crank up Leo de Janeiro partyHarris breaks news of wife’s pregnancy while Fine Gael colleagues hit Harcourt StreetSat Jun 30 2018 - 00:18
Miriam Lord: Hero Michael Lowry evades the DáilA Moriartyesque state of affairs as the Independent TD stays away from questionsWed Jun 27 2018 - 21:53
Miriam Lord: The bloody cheek of Monsignora Josepha MadiganHaving a Minister for Culture say ‘I never claimed I said Mass’ is not what you expectTue Jun 26 2018 - 21:49
Miriam Lord’s Week: A century of under-representationPainting of all female members of Oireachtas marks centenary of women’s suffrageSat Jun 23 2018 - 05:00
Miriam Lord: Sorry seems to be easiest word in Leinster HouseApologies abound as Leo says mea culpa to the people of West Belfast for tweet that insulted the wrong peopleWed Jun 20 2018 - 20:57
Miriam Lord: Symbolism not lost on Varadkar on emotional dayDavid Norris heralded in Dáil and Seanad as State apologises for treatment of gay peopleTue Jun 19 2018 - 23:00
Miriam Lord: Ó Broin’s PR tricks to highlight flaw in Murphy’s LawAttack ad the latest bout in sparring match between two south Dublin private schoolboysFri Jun 15 2018 - 21:13
Miriam Lord: Scrappy anniversary for Leo’s first year in officeNo cakewalk for Taoiseach at Leaders’ Questions as TDs queue to burst his balloonWed Jun 13 2018 - 19:45
Miriam Lord: Leo removes stigma from consultantoscopiesProcedure involves monitoring movements of top medics using the latest equipmentTue Jun 12 2018 - 22:04
