Raymond Shorten in the dock a dumpy, dangerous, remorseless monster
Mr Justice Paul McDermott did the State some service when he sentenced the Dublin taxi driver to a total of 17 years for raping two defenceless women
Miriam Lord: Swoosh! Down comes the guillotine, but controversial planning Bill is partially spared
Depending on one’s point of view, Minister for Housing’s landmark creation is either a dangerous folly or an architectural gem
Miriam Lord’s end of Dáil term awards
Looking back at the winners and losers of a term that was full of departures, arrivals, celebrations, apologies and the usual catfights
Simon Harris and Mary Lou McDonald call a truce as State rushes to action over Tori Towey case
No public prayer in the House, but private prayers for safe return of woman detained in Dubai
‘I won’t accept it!’ Dáil unifies around Michael Healy-Rae after emotional appeal over online abuse
Kerry TD’s mother ‘never said anything bad about any human being’, he told House - but she was still the subject of taunts
Miriam Lord’s Week: Chambers puts his foot in it, while the Lord of the Dance makes Leinster House cameo
Michael Flatley’s famous Feet of Flames should not to be confused with that long running Dáil Éireann production: Pants on Fire
Another crime added to long list by GAAGo
Simon Harris leaps to defence of Helen McEntee after Peader Tóibín decries ‘cynical nonsense’
Girl power in the Dáil as ‘two very formidable politicians’ take centre stage
Catherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall, two of the founders of the Social Democrats, take a bow as the third founder hides in plain sight
Fianna Fáil TDs rack up the air miles after recall from China junket
Party had not cleared deputies for take-off, but James O’Connor flew straight back to Beijing after casting Dáil vote
Young Chambers of Commerce looked quite miserable during his installation
Two Fianna Fáil TDs ordered home from Beijing made it in time to see colleague welcomed to Cabinet
We say never again. We voice outrage. We listen to the promises. Until the next time
Simon Harris made no secret of his anger at the way Natasha O’Brien had been treated. Might he really do something? He certainly talks the talk
Michael Collins banished but Enda Kenny welcomed back to Taoiseach’s office for Harris visit
Hugs between old allies in Government Buildings but friction is building in another Blueshirt bastion
Roderic O’Gorman is out suspiciously fast with a video he prepared earlier
Nerve-jangling continues amid much-changed Dáil but sense of pre-prepped choreography to some of the political dance
Three-cornered stool comes crashing down after another quiet quitting
The Government will runs its course, promised Micheál once more, with feeling. But the Greens have pulled the window down
Miriam Lord’s week: Election talk gathers pace as victorious athletes demonstrate how to pass the baton
A year on from Tubsgate was discussed at British ambassador’s get-together before Harris makes a dash to Castlebar