Sinn Féin’s ‘Mr Angry’ meets immovable object that is MicheálMartin has measure of Pearse Doherty and Co as Dáil standoff continues over delayed report into children’s hip surgeryThu May 15 2025 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Hip operations uproar leaves Taoiseach in a bindMicheál Martin was concerned enough about impending draft report to say ‘the implications are disturbing’Wed May 14 2025 - 06:00
Never mind the new pope, who’s going to replace Liveline’s spiritual leader, Joe Duffy?Michael McDowell coy at book launch, Bertie gives state-of-the-world address and Mark Daly feels the heatSat May 10 2025 - 06:00
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 DáilThu May 08 2025 - 06:01
A tsar has not been born and they need to get this tshitshow off the roadJames Browne talks up his A-Team, TDs watch the pros in action while Pa Daly delights in saying nothingSat May 03 2025 - 06:00
The proposed housing tsar may look like a mild-mannered banker but is, in reality, a lethal killing machineOnly one man can ruthlessly deliver and scale up like a mutant amphibious accountant in the country’s drainsThu May 01 2025 - 06:00
Gerry Adams takes jurors in his defamation case against BBC on a very long stroll down memory laneFormer Sinn Féin leader describes formative years in 1960s Belfast to High Court in DublinTue Apr 29 2025 - 22:17
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 awardsSat Apr 19 2025 - 06:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Plot twists and U-turns at a crunch meeting in Washington While Simon Harris waited for the US commerce secretary, Donald Trump was announcing a pause on tariffs Sat Apr 12 2025 - 06:00
When is a Soc Dem TD not a Soc Dem TD?Kerfuffle over the exact status of Eoin Hayes provided light relief on a doomy day of worry about tariffs and the economyThu Apr 10 2025 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Normal hostilities set aside as colleagues wish Richard Boyd Barrett wellA rare stillness fell on the chamber as TDs and Ministers wished Richard Boyd Barrett well following his cancer diagnosisWed Apr 09 2025 - 06:00
Shades of an Oasis love-in as Lucinda rolls with Fine Gael’s Gallagher brothersQuite the occasion for Christine Lagarde, as Paschal Donohoe reacts to Trump’s tough tariffs wondering ‘what we can do that can unite us’Sat Apr 05 2025 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: The drama of the Opposition’s walkout lost its potency when government backbenchers also bailedA few Government buckeroos squawked their disapproval as Mary Lou and her boys made for the double doors to the right of VeronaThu Apr 03 2025 - 06:00
Trump’s tariffs take wrecking ball to perfectly good Dáil rowCeann Comhairle went to Dunne and Crescenzi during debate, but this was never going to be her last supperWed Apr 02 2025 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: With Verona under fire, TDs suddenly realise they are gravely concerned about misogyny after allGovernment deputies develop a nose for the ‘m’ word in the nick of time as Ceann Comhairle is barracked by OppositionSat Mar 29 2025 - 06:00
Verona Murphy going nowhere as Dáil warring factions dig inHostilities resumed - quietly - on Wednesday over speaking rights row, with grim-faced TDs glowering across the chamberThu Mar 27 2025 - 06:00
Michael Lowry gives masterclass in smug ingratitude amid Dáil chaos over speaking timeTwo-digit TD for Tipperary gloated dismissively as Opposition raged over Ceann Comhairle’s decision to bring Dáil confrontation over speaking rights to abrupt endWed Mar 26 2025 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Sharon Keogan ‘our maga woman in the Seanad now known as Agent Orange’The Independent Senator tried to blag her way in to the White House as the Upper House’s chief Trump cheerleader Sat Mar 22 2025 - 06:00
Taoiseach’s Oval Office whirl goes pear-shaped as Sinn Féin leader rounds on himMicheál Martin accused of ‘sniggering’ at Ireland’s housing crisis and dodging Gaza issue during White House audience with TrumpThu Mar 20 2025 - 06:00
Tech bros at war as Web Summit founders arrive at High CourtOn one level, it all sounds very complicated. On the other, it’s the age-old story of a once-exciting marriage ending in acrimony and a major row over who keeps the dogWed Mar 19 2025 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Maga senator Sharon Keogan would only love to take Taoiseach’s place at shamrock jamboreeIndependent senator wrote to the White House seeking a St Patrick’s Day inviteSat Mar 08 2025 - 06:00
Will Micheál Martin man up and give man-baby Trump a good talking-to? Everybody has an opinion on what Taoiseach should say to US president during his upcoming visit to the White HouseThu Mar 06 2025 - 06:00
Micheál Martin urged to step back from the precipice and warned of ‘uncharted waters’Opposition groups have still not got over ‘the Document of Destruction’Wed Mar 05 2025 - 06:00
Charlie Haughey was framed and then he disappeared. But soon the mystery was solved Micheál Martin was thrilled although for a while it looked like there’d been a drastic rewriting of historySat Mar 01 2025 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach erupts at Sinn Féin lecturing others about doing the right thing while canonising IRA slaytriotsCeann Comhairle tells Micheál Martin to stop carrying on like a child following goading by Pearse Doherty over Michael LowryThu Feb 27 2025 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: We are not ones to gossip. But wait till you hear this‘It’s all rather embarrassing. People are talking and not in a good way’Wed Feb 26 2025 - 06:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Verona Murphy needs help understanding Micheál Martin, but does he know what he said himself? The latest wheeze to appease Regional Independent TDs has further riled Opposition, and mystery surrounds a mooted Linda Martin presidencySat Feb 22 2025 - 06:00
They seek him here. They seek him there. The Wexford Pimpernel James Browne Richard Boyd-Barrett asks why the Minister ‘didn’t bother his backside’ to turn up for two debates in a rowThu Feb 20 2025 - 06:00
Verona Murphy is swinging her mallet in the Dáil like Wexford’s answer to ThorAllow them a little latitude and next minute it’s wholesale ructions and we’re disgraced in front of the worldWed Feb 19 2025 - 06:00
Harsh to blame Verona Murphy after Micheál Martin ignites slow-burning brouhaha Call for elite squad of Ministers to be taught to watch their tongues before targetting Donald Trump in Operation BlarneySat Feb 15 2025 - 06:00
It took a while for Mary Lou to register Micheál’s comment, then SF began to spontaneously combust Taoiseach accused of sneaking a cúpla focal under Ceann Comhairle’s noseThu Feb 13 2025 - 06:00
Deliverance almost at hand for Coalition’s overdue triplets after Michael D summons the SeanadDetails of exactly when Upper House meets on Wednesday remain sketchy, perhaps in an attempt at crowd controlWed Feb 12 2025 - 06:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: Who’s that brave England supporter among the guests of the Six Nations? Ireland-England game brought the great and good to the Aviva, including a former British PMSat Feb 08 2025 - 06:12
Miriam Lord: Danny Healy-Rae a lonely figure as Roaring Independents splitDanny Healy-Rae goes solo on Opposition benches after the old band breaks up, and watches his brother Michael hurry around the Government benchesThu Feb 06 2025 - 06:00
Miriam Lord’s Week: ‘What hold does Michael Lowry have over them?’ - the question everyone is askingNo one can figure out why Micheál Martin and Simon Harris are going out on a limb despite his controversial past and divisive Dáil presenceSat Feb 01 2025 - 06:00
Unveiling of new junior Ministers underlines Dáil sausage-fest Women junior Ministers were placed in the front row at the Leinster House photocall but it fooled no one, as just six of the 23 appointees are womenThu Jan 30 2025 - 06:00
Great purge of Parnell Square turned out to be weak Milk of Magnesia effort in the endReports of a major clear-out were greatly exaggerated. The party’s frontbench looks very familiarWed Jan 29 2025 - 06:00
The Michael Lowry issue is still unresolved and may escalate. GUBU’s the word for it‘Unprecedented’ is overused, but even veterans were hard-pressed to find another way on Wednesday to describe the chaotic scenes in the DáilSat Jan 25 2025 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Micheál Martin finally gets his moment among the throngs after being thwarted by CovidIn a rare opportunity for party political celebration, Fianna Fáilers gathered for the traditional Yahooing of the BossFri Jan 24 2025 - 06:00
Storm Lowry lands in Dáil Éireann - and it’s a miracle the roof stayed onChaotic scenes in the chamber unfold around coalition of Tweedledum, Tweedledee and TweedledealThu Jan 23 2025 - 06:00
Flashback Central as Fianna Fáil celebrates return of the good timesWhile the FFers raise a toast to Micheál, no one wants to hear the naysayers giving out about the Raegional Independents having their cake and eating itMon Jan 20 2025 - 06:00
Chaos for coalition colleagues as RIGs and Raegionals openly identify as part of oppositionThe Healy-Rae brothers refer to working in government, even if Danny wants to be able to bark questions at that government as if still sitting on the opposition benchesSat Jan 18 2025 - 06:00
Miriam Lord’s review of the year: Shock resignations, ruptured relations and an over-eager new TaoiseachA year of change heralds a future of more of the sameSat Dec 28 2024 - 06:00
The jawdropper, the quickest split, the good turn: Miriam Lord’s 2024 Political AwardsA political year of shocks and surprises somehow ended up as it began: with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael in cahoots. The politician of the year may have had something to do with itSat Dec 21 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: Verona smiled when elected Ceann Comhairle, but didn’t utter a word. Another firstWellwishing all around for new Ceann Comhairle as the two Gentlemen of Verona stand aside onThu Dec 19 2024 - 06:00
Miriam Lord: A fitting farewell to Dickie Rock as ‘king of Cabra’ gets full house for his final gigFuneral of star of the showband era took place in Cabra, where he sang in the choir as a boy before becoming one of Ireland’s most beloved entertainersThu Dec 12 2024 - 20:18
Miriam Lord: Fianna Fáil seeks royal treatment as Simon and Micheál see the crown jewelsMiriam Lord: Scotland shows off its crown jewels to an Irish contingency, putting haggis, rather than government formation, on the menuSat Dec 07 2024 - 06:00
Gift-wrapped Simon Harris switches on Dáil Christmas tree lights in glow of peace and harmonyFestive cheer illuminates Government Buildings as ‘all speechified out’ Taoiseach makes brief addressWed Dec 04 2024 - 06:00
For much of the time in the RDS, one of the big questions was: what the hell is going on? Gerry Hutch barrelled up to the RDS, causing a media scrum; he may have lost the election but he knew he was in charge at the countMon Dec 02 2024 - 07:10
From handbags at dawn to the Kanturk Disaster: the campaign’s highs, lows, and outright clangers Miriam Lord: From the grand entrance of a baby girl for Holly Cairns to slagging off teachers and annoying the RSA, the 2024 campaign had its share of highlightsSat Nov 30 2024 - 06:00
