Disgraced wife of NIreland leader to step down (AP)

January 9, 2010 1:06 pm | world

FILE - A June 5, 2008 photo from files of Iris Robinson, with her husband, Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson. First Minister Peter Robinson vowed Friday, Jan. 8, 2010 he wouldn't quit as leader of Northern Ireland's Catholic-Protestant government following revelations that his wife, Iris — like him a British Parliament member — solicited 50,000 pounds ($80,000) from businessmen to launch a riverside cafe for her young boyfriend. (AP Photo/PA, John Harrison, File)AP – The wife of Northern Ireland’s leader will step down as a lawmaker within days, British media reported Saturday, as pressure mounted on Peter Robinson’s shaky coalition government over her admissions of an affair with a far-younger man.


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