Callan gets his kicks in the Dáil barThe ICA ladies were disappointed that they didn't get to meet the Taoiseach in Leinster House. Luckily, a well-known comedy impressionist was on hand to cheer them upSat Nov 08 2014 - 01:00
Enda Kenny and Irish Water will give you clarity. Real soonFor a man who has called for ‘clarity and certainty’, Enda Kenny made a poor job of itThu Nov 06 2014 - 12:07
Gerry Adams unlikely to get bitten at Big Apple fundraiserJoan Collins claims water charge is Government’s poll tax and will bring down KennyWed Nov 05 2014 - 01:00
Saturday’s water protest was like St Patrick’s Day but minus the drinkThere were parades and fancy dress, but there was also anger on the streetsMon Nov 03 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Banking film is a guaranteed scary Halloween spectacleZombie banks, dead flies and Fran from Love/Hate – ‘The Guarantee’ is Nightmare on Kildare Street, without the spine-tingling suspenseSat Oct 25 2014 - 09:52
Miriam Lord: My days watching the watchmenHer columns, and now book, help bring the Dáil to life for ‘Irish Times’ readers but Miriam Lord insists she is no punditSat Oct 25 2014 - 01:00
This was not Leaders’ Questions as we know it – it was an unprecedented situation in the DáilTaoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader put Sinn Féin leader in spotlight over Cahill allegationsThu Oct 23 2014 - 08:00
Sinn Féin leader’s infallibility questioned in the DáilUsual suspects refrain from heckling, aware of sensitivity of the subjectWed Oct 22 2014 - 16:44
Miriam Lord’s Week: Burton swoops on Bernard BroganDublin footballer Bernard Brogan swamped by fans in Dail bar – and by TánaisteSat Oct 18 2014 - 09:04
Noonan’s nod to Nidge amid Dáil poetry slamDavid Norris gives them chapter and verse over Wilde waysThu Oct 16 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: lipgloss on as general election wooing beginsIt’s a PR budget from the Corner Boys - P is for Prudent and R is for ResponsibleWed Oct 15 2014 - 08:43
Proud man of ‘the soil’ looks set to stir up DáilThere was a good crowd – lots of men with huge arms and farmers’ tansMon Oct 13 2014 - 08:53
Dáil Sketch: Enda’s galley slaves send him in well armed on the Sinn Féin budgetAdams in good mood for someone who has just found out he has to pay water chargesThu Oct 09 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Enda belts around the byways to cheer the troopsThe Taoiseach is too rapid a canvasser for any dissent to catch upTue Oct 07 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Fierce water fight for byelection prizeAs frontrunners Cathal King and Paul Murphy slug it out, the other candidates in Dublin South West are in danger of drowningMon Oct 06 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Non-invasive procedure can get your credentials up to scratchHealth Minister reaches dizzy new heights of Hawkins HouseSat Oct 04 2014 - 01:00
Ever so humble Big Phil eases off on the swagger and wins new friendsIt soon became clear he had done his homework. He was impressively well-preparedFri Oct 03 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Enda fed up with flawed system where those who want to serve take abuseA sick and tired Taoiseach tries to explain the inner workings of Fine GaelThu Oct 02 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Imma-culate selection not without sinWhatever that sin might be, the Taoiseach remains remarkably unaware of what it is. But he has apologised nonethelessWed Oct 01 2014 - 12:52
Miriam Lord: Even selfie-aware Enda breaks a shweatTaoiseach’s senior conventional stroke was a lively addition to the PloughingFri Sept 26 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord: Ploughing, celebrities and the papal nuncioAlmost 125,000 turn up at Carter family farm in Co Laois for day two of ‘the Ploughing’Thu Sept 25 2014 - 01:01
Miriam Lord: Noonan leaves FG TDs rolling in the aislesDáil Sketch: deadpan Minister for Finance targets Sinn Féin ‘red-line issues’Wed Sept 24 2014 - 11:32
Miriam Lord: A handy day to ease the Dáil back to irrelevanceDáil sketch: A new season starts but the transfer window remains openThu Sept 18 2014 - 07:19
Labour starts the day with a smile as Micheál makes coalition overturesBurton’s leadership style impresses as think-in a fairly relaxed and pleasant affairWed Sept 17 2014 - 01:00
Struggling in the opinion polls? Shoot the entire parliamentary partyWhatever about its think-in, Labour grabbed the prize for the cheesiest family photoTue Sept 16 2014 - 01:00
Enda keeps an eye on Leo – his lion in pussycat clothingMiriam Lord stalks the corridors of the Fota Island Hotel in Cork at the Fine Gael think-inSat Sept 13 2014 - 01:00
FG loads up on ammunition for campaignMiriam Lord: Forget the Five Point Plan – the 94 Initiatives are where it’s at nowFri Sept 12 2014 - 06:18
An ordinary and extraordinary farewell to Albert ReynoldsGifts offered by the former taoiseach’s grandchildren summed up his full lifeTue Aug 26 2014 - 01:00
A lion in business and politics, a pussycat at homeAchievements, not least his role in the peace process, a fine legacy for such a short spell at the topFri Aug 22 2014 - 01:00
Callely was a man blinded by his dazzling self-beliefFrom the moment he landed in Leinster House as a backbench TD, he adopted the swagger of successTue Jul 29 2014 - 01:00
And the end-of-term awards for political prowess go to . . .We can’t let our representatives go on a very long summer break without acknowledging their outstanding contributionSat Jul 26 2014 - 08:16
MacGill's Big Thinkers keep asking the same questionMiriam Lord: In terms of news interest Burton was relegated to second by Frank FlanneryTue Jul 22 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Would Enda break the law? You bet!As Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty helpfully pointed out, a law passed in 1931 makes it illegal to advertise the odds of any football match in the StateSat Jul 19 2014 - 09:23
Summer break-up of Dáil for the birdsSeanad told Dublin seagulls have lost the run of themselves completelyFri Jul 18 2014 - 01:00
Irish lessons not learned yet as FG women seetheMiriam Lord: Enda Kenny skips off to Brussels after saying he has every confidence in Joe McHugh’s language skillsThu Jul 17 2014 - 01:01
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach now faces wrath of the Angry BirdsKenny overlooked his female TDs’ claims for junior ministriesWed Jul 16 2014 - 01:00
Enda, Joan and the new Cabinet are politely asked to move a little to the leftThe long-awaited reshuffle brings just the barest structural alterationsSat Jul 12 2014 - 01:01
Country may be on the rocks but Garth can help us to keep on rockin’A real crisis has finally hit: how to get a country star on to centre stageFri Jul 11 2014 - 01:00
Enda and Joan shuffle with cards close to chests but can they let Garth play?What would Bertie Ahern do?Thu Jul 10 2014 - 01:00
Gilmore has no regrets as Quinn gives lesson in leavingPleas about ‘Garret’ resound as Cabinet meeting gets emotionalWed Jul 09 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Enda Kenny gives Lucinda Creighton thumbs upSF parties on at the Áras; but Mick Wallace seems to have sambaed out of townSat Jul 05 2014 - 11:07
The weight of expectation on the new leader is great, partly because she did so much to generate itThese are the moments in the tough world of politics when public and private collideSat Jul 05 2014 - 01:00
Petulant Pat going down with all guns blazingRabbitte was raging against the dying of the ministerial lightFri Jul 04 2014 - 09:01
A political wake on the plinth for departing Ruairí Quinn‘I’m immensely grateful for the career that I’ve had and the opportunities I’ve been given’Wed Jul 02 2014 - 22:42
Dail Sketch: Joan Burton is just waiting on the new keysAnything could happen before FridayWed Jul 02 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Áras garden party on moral high groundMichael D Higgins wants his term to be a Presidency of ideas – recognising new paradigms of thought and actionSat Jun 28 2014 - 01:00
Go on Cowen, spill the beans about what happened at the bank guarantee meetingThu Jun 26 2014 - 01:00
Dáil Sketch: Not a shred of truth in Brian Crowley shift from ALDIChief whip Seán Ó Fearghaíl said the party was “reeling” and “bewildered” by Crowley’s actions, which suggests the Soldiers of Destiny ought to get out moreWed Jun 25 2014 - 01:00
Miriam Lord’s WeekThe running costs of tribunals, Kenny’s studs-up approach on Colllins and Finian McGrath is faster than Luis SuarezSat Jun 21 2014 - 07:25
