Those who have an interest in politics in the North should keep a wee eye on the 'smoke and mirrors' surrounding Iris Robinson and her "depression." Big announcement coming soon....
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Those who have an interest in politics in the North should keep a wee eye on the 'smoke and mirrors' surrounding Iris Robinson and her "depression." Big announcement coming soon....
Peter to follow I hear......
Seems so. High Court injunctions being sought too to keep the press quiet...;)Quote:
Originally Posted by MariborKev
http://www.politics.ie/northern-irel...out-break.html
One of the rumours.
I am sure like myself Mr P you have heard a few of the other floating about today.
At least it wasn't something completely depraved, like going to mass in a Catholic church for a funeral....
I've said it many times before but the phonic emphasis' is much changed now - Iris Robinson you old dog you.:cool:
any names on who her brief affair was with !!! jeffrey donaldson always looked like a sly old dog :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
Tiger Woods has issued a statement saying he didn't have an affair with Iris Robinson.
I'd give my right leg (r my left, can never remember which is which...) for it to be either Martin McGuinness or Bertie AhernQuote:
Originally Posted by old git
what about gerry adams now that would do wonders for the peace process :D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
It was hardly his brother anyway:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by old git
Aint karma a bitch!!! :D
Unless it was Peter having the affair Jeffrey Donaldson is out of the running. What about the old man of the north, Mr. Paisley being the lothario!
Sunday Tribune were on morning Ireland this morning questioning the timing of it all. Robinson found out ten months ago, it was spoken about in corners in Storement (ie in the domain) and it seems Robinson was dealing with it fine up till now.
There are suggestions that a storey is about to break in relation to one or the others finances and that this is a bit of a smoke screen, to gain some public sympathy. (familar eh??)
Perhaps they should have got Brian Dobo up to the do the interview!
Tommy Gorman would have just asked about the children !!
I think there may have been a TV documentary ready to role about the affair which may have prompted the revelations yesterday.
However the suspicion that there is more to come from the Robinson's remains.
That's something that he mentioned on tv, that he hadn't lost 2-3 million on shares etc. But what I couldn't connect was, he's not an obviously wealthy man AFAIK, so how was he losing (if it was the case) such money on shares.
No names I know of but reading through the link Mariborkev provided there are seemingly some rumours that the individual is indeed (blesses himself) catholic.Quote:
Originally Posted by old git
I'd say Horses and the football pools but isn't that frowned up by our Scots Protestant friends?? (a bit like adultry)
perhaps. But I do recall reading an age ago of a particularily rabid Klan grand wizard who was partial to nothing more of a weekend than some randying with delictable black booty ...though I doubt he could spell ironic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fr Damo
Maybe it wasn't his money?Quote:
Originally Posted by weecountyman
BBC are considering bringing forward the Spotlight programme about the Robinsons, scheduled for two weeks time, to this evening.
"No woman would have put up with what she tolerated from her husband when he was president." - Iris speaking in 2008 about Hillary Clinton. :D
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Originally Posted by weecountyman
As a couple they earn over £500,000 per annum from their positions at Stormont and Westminister.
Robinson's use of the word "I" all the time in relation to the financial impropriety may be telling;)
Then he's in serious trouble for pocketing funds or some such.Quote:
Originally Posted by Schumi
Lads, can we drop the idle speculation please? It's nonsensical and it's likely to get someone sued.
Spotlight has been given the go-ahead and will be on at 10.35 tonight.
It is believed that the programme will reveal Iris' lover as the co-owner of Lock-keepers Inn - a business that has received financial support from Castlereagh Borough Council.
The Robinsons have a lot of influence in Castlereagh Council - the council even renamed the local leisure centre "The Robinson Centre" in recognition of Peter's contribution to the borough and council.
According to this evenings RTE radio 1 the chap she played an away fixture with is 21 years old. I'm little more than half her age and if I went away with a 21 year old I've a fair suspicion I'd be looked upon as having brought the game into disrepute.
If he does turn out to be 21, the young lad just bagged himself a milf and a half.
This thread brings a new meaning to the 'Current Affairs' section..
She is not even one quarter of a milf, She is an ugly ugly woman. Would not touch her with a barge pole.Quote:
Originally Posted by awec
Heard earlier on the radio that UTV are saying he's 19.
I'm watching the Spotlight special, I'm about 20 minutes behind as I DVRed it. Wow.
Balls, missed it.
General gist (or juicy details)?
She was friends with a butcher who had a son, and after the guy died, she wanted to look after his son. She got developers to give / lend 25 grand each to help him set up his own cafe / pub business when he was 19, was on the council / commitee that awarded him the lease on the property, and at some point a sexual relationship developed between the two of them. When that went sour, she wanted the money back, initially for herself and her church, but when her husband found out (about the money, if nothing else), he wanted it paid back to those it had come from.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Both of them, but her in particular, broke plenty of rules by not informing the relevant authorities about the money received and about pecuniary interests in the cafe.
The whole story was broken by her former taxpayer-funded political advisor, who decided he couldn't stay quiet any longer.
Very brief synopsis there.
Your man was 19 at the time. She got two property developers to give her £25k each to give to the fella to start up a café, one of whom is now dead.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
She was on Castlereagh council when he got approval for the café.
She didn't declare the interest she had in the café, breaking the law.
The fella paid her £5k back from the £45k.
She feel out with the fella (Kirk McCambley) and then demanded the money back. A cheque for half was to go to a church, the other was to be written out to her (maybe to give back to the developer, but they don't know).
Peter Robinson found out about, and tried to tell her to sort it out with soliticors, but didn't go public. (As First Minister he is sworn to put the public interest before anything else.)
The fella she said doing a lot of work on this issue was publicly funded (he was interviewed in the program.)
Don't forget - the pastor of that church is Peter Robinson's sister?!?!
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Originally Posted by brendy_éire
he was only 19 at the time of the affair with 59 year old iris ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by awec
spot on with above but also seems the two 25 k donations were also gifts to iris robinson from the developers which they did not expect to be paid back ...:confused: peter robinson only made statement yesterday to press/ media as he had received a letter from bbc asking these questions above on tuesday .. seems he knew about all above in late 2008 .. looks like he tried a sad approach to public about wifes attempted suicide and marriage problems to try and lessen the damage before s**t hit the fonight an on bbc spotlight .Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
It's all going to go downhill very quickly, I reckon.
I don't think Peter Robinson can carry on as FM. Assuming he resigns, we'll more than likely have another election, with the TUV eating into the DUP vote, SF becoming the largest party and Marty McGuinness as FM (if he gets the cross-community supports, that is.)
The BBC are being very direct about this. No mincing of words in this article: Iris Robinson business deal broke law
This part will kill of Peter: "When Peter Robinson found out about his wife's financial dealings, he insisted that the money should go back to whence it came.
However he did not tell the proper authorities what he knew about the transaction despite being obliged by the ministerial code to act in the public interest at all times. "
Mad stuff altogether.
The Castlereagh Cougar....:D
I'll tell you something, I'd want more than a cafe!!
"Here's to you Mrs. Robinson, Jesus loves you more than words can say....hey hey hey hey".
Prophetic.