The wife of the North's First Minister Peter Robinson has been found guilty of a "serious breach" of a politician's code of conduct over her business dealings with a teenage lover.

Police have warned that the docks area close to Belfast city centre could flood in a tidal surge later today, but have expressed hope that serious flooding in the east of the city may now be prevented.

First Minister Peter Robinson's DUP has today accused the North's Boundary Commission of gerrymandering in a fierce attack on its proposals to reduce the number of Westminster seats to 16.

THERE’S an interesting paper on eider ducks in the current edition of Irish Birds.

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

Fermanagh and South Tyrone MLA Tom Elliott confirmed today that he will run for the leadership of the Ulster Unionist Party.

The good times of increased public spending in the North are over, the Finance Minister said today.

Reg Empey is expected to stay on as Ulster Unionist leader following a meeting of senior members tomorrow.

The future of Democratic Unionist Party leader Peter Robinson was in doubt today after the sensational General Election defeat of the First Minister of the powersharing executive at Stormont.

The North’s First Minister Peter Robinson sensationally lost his Westminster seat for east Belfast today.

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

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.

The Ulster Unionist Party’s sole MP Lady Sylvia Hermon today said she will “weigh up her options” after refusing to fight the next election under a joint banner with the Conservative Party.

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.

An Taoiseach Brian Cowen and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will travel to Belfast today to formally announce details of the deal to save the North’s power-sharing government.

Democratic Unionist leader Peter Robinson faced calls today to publish legal advice clearing him of breaching his code of office.

Under-pressure DUP leader Peter Robinson resumed his role as the North’s First Minister tonight after saying he had been cleared of breaching his code of office over the financial scandal surrounding his wife, Iris.

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.

Foreign Minister Micheál Martin and the Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward are due to meet tonight as the Irish and British governments prepare to step up the pressure to end the political crisis in Belfast in the aftermath of the Iris Robinson scandal.

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.

DUP leader Peter Robinson was back behind his desk today following the shock revelation that his wife tried to kill herself after confessing to an 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.

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.

The Democratic Unionist Party last night signalled it is not possible to have policing and justice powers devolved to the North by the end of the year, despite republican hopes for progress.

Sinn Féin is being widely tipped to top the poll when the European election results are counted in the North tomorrow.

The North's First Minister Peter Robinson and his wife Iris munched their way through £30,000 (€33,500) of food claimed for in their MPs’ expenses over a four-year period, it was revealed today.

IT’S changing-of-the-guard time on the Dublin coast this month.

GEESE were in the news recently for all the wrong reasons; the airliner that came down in the Hudson River flew into a flock of them.

A senior Ulster Unionist was tonight replaced as chief whip amid claims from the DUP he was sacked after clashing with his party’s would-be partners – the UK's Conservative Party.

Peter Robinson, 59, today takes over from Ian Paisley as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).

THE wife of in-coming DUP leader Peter Robinson yesterday claimed the British government manufactured rumours he was violently abusive to her.

It has been a long apprenticeship. However today Peter Robinson finally got the chance to take over as leader of the North’s most successful political party, the Democratic Unionists, after 28 years of being the Rev Ian Paisley’s understudy.

DUP Assembly members will today decide who should succeed the Reverend Ian Paisley as party leader.

An Irish-language commissioner should be appointed to oversee the development of a strategy to protect the language in the North, the Culture minister was told today.

Babies born in deprived areas of the North are 23% more likely to die in childhood than in other places, it emerged today.

Unionists are fed up with having the Irish language thrown in their faces at the Assembly, Stormont heard today.

The SDLP could see its majorities in three Westminster constituencies cut under Boundary Commission recommendations proposed today.

Children were accused today of deliberately starting a forest fire in a forest park.

The Ulster Unionist Party has paid the price for its arrogant treatment of former members in the North’s Assembly Election, it was claimed tonight.