The wife of the North's First Minister Peter Robinson is expected to attend the State banquet for Queen Elizabeth in Dublin this evening.

The Democratic Unionist Party’s Northern Ireland Assembly victory was tonight hailed as its greatest ever political triumph.

DUP leader Peter Robinson topped the poll in Belfast East, and has been elected on the first count in the Northern Ireland Assembly elections.

Disgraced former MP Iris Robinson will not face charges over her role in helping her toyboy lover set up in business.

Scandal-hit former MP Iris Robinson was fined today for causing a road crash in the North.

The media are likely to turn on Prince William and Kate Middleton, according to a politician who has felt the full force of bad publicity.

Former MP Iris Robinson is making a steady recovery in her battle against depression, her husband Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson said today.

Draft findings of an inquiry into the awarding of a lease for a council cafe to Iris Robinson’s former lover have been passed to the police.

It was confirmed today that Iris Robinson, the shamed wife of the North’s First Minister Peter Robinson, has returned to the North and is receiving medical treatment.

A controversial new play inspired by a sex scandal surrounding the shamed MP wife of the North’s First Minister Peter Robinson is set to open in Belfast.

Disgraced former MP Iris Robinson has been questioned by police investigating her financial affairs, it was revealed tonight.

THE leaders of Northern Ireland’s two main unionist parties were last night fighting for their political lives after the DUP’s Peter Robinson and the Ulster Unionists’ Reg Empey suffered humiliating defeats.

In the sprawling Northern Ireland constituency of Strangford tales of expenses and affairs have livened up a traditionally predictable contest.

The DUP today had to fight off fresh revelations over the Iris Robinson scandal after she was photographed walking in London despite the party’s claims she was in 24-hour hospital care.

The North's First Minister Peter Robinson tonight quoted Shakespeare to dismiss questions over his involvement in a land deal as "much ado about nothing".

The North's First Minister Peter Robinson bought a piece of land from a developer for £5 (€5.61), the Democratic Unionist Party confirmed tonight.

Officials helping police inquiries into disgraced former Northern Ireland MP Iris Robinson have spoken out about the investigation, after it emerged she is under 24-hour suicide watch.

A former TV anchor tonight insisted he can overturn a landslide majority and win the Westminster seat vacated by disgraced Northern Ireland MP Iris Robinson.

PETER ROBINSON’s bid to face down unionist hardliners trying to block a deal on devolution with Sinn Féin was strengthened last night as he resumed the role of First Minister.

The replacement for disgraced Northern Ireland Assembly Member Iris Robinson was named today.

Disgraced MP Iris Robinson is under police investigation after securing £50,000 (€57,000) from two developers to fund her toyboy lover’s restaurant business, it was disclosed tonight.

APROPOS Iris Robinson’s religious beliefs, opinions on homosexuality, marital problems and financial irregularities, I cannot help but remember fondly the words of my favourite childhood literary pirate, Long John Silver: “Thems that has the most bible in their mouths oft has the least bible in the hearts.”

POLICE in the North have confirmed that a journalist with the Sunday World newspaper was arrested inside the east Belfast home of Iris Robinson’s former teenage lover.

LATELY the media has been the object of considerable criticism, founded and unfounded, whether in relation to Brian Lenihan’s illness, Noel Dempsey’s holiday or the Government’s appalling lack of leadership.

Troubled Democratic Unionist leader Peter Robinson today admitted revelations about his wife's affair have left him desolate and struggling to face the outside world.

IRIS Robinson had two things going unfairly against her.

The British Treasury announced today that Iris Robinson had been appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Three Hundreds of Chiltern - the formal process undertaken to quit as an MP.

ARE those Northerners sick, you might well ask? Their vital political institutions might be on the brink of collapse and what are they doing? Laughing their heads off, that’s what.

PETER Robinson’s decision temporarily to stand aside as Northern Ireland Assembly First Minister may be the first step in a staged withdrawal from the political stage.

The Northern Ireland Assembly is meeting as a scandal threatens the future of DUP leader Peter Robinson.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has received a death threat from loyalists, it was revealed today.

By resigning as an MP next week, Iris Robinson stands to lose out on the £32,000 (€35,560)-plus "golden goodbye" which would have been available had she held on until a general election.

The Democratic Unionist Party today terminated the membership of disgraced MP Iris Robinson.

IRIS ROBINSON’s affair with 19-year-old Kirk McCambley’s lasted for five months, starting in the summer of 2008.

The North's First Minister Peter Robinson hit out today at claims that he failed to alert watchdogs when his wife allegedly broke parliamentary rules to help her teenage lover.

The North's First Minister Peter Robinson was under new pressure tonight after it was alleged that his wife organised a £50,000 (€55,752) loan to help her young lover set up a business in Belfast.

IT’S believed Iris Robinson’s “inappropriate relationship” was with a then 19-year-old businessman.

THE wife of the North’s first minister has confirmed she tried to kill herself last March over the guilt she felt over an extra-marital affair.

The guilt-ridden wife of the North's First Minister Peter Robinson tried to kill herself after making a midnight confession to her husband that she had an affair, it was disclosed tonight.

Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin will meet Northern Secretary Shaun Woodward today but a breakthrough on policing and justice does not look imminent, Stormont sources have said.

THE decision by the wife of Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson to quit politics because of a battle with mental illness shocked her Democratic Unionist Party, it was revealed yesterday.

The decision by the wife of the North’s First Minister Peter Robinson to quit politics because of a battle with mental illness shocked her Democratic Unionist Party, it was revealed today.

The wife of the North's First Minister Peter Robinson is quitting politics as she is battling depression, it was revealed tonight.