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Iris Robinson, 60, had affair with 19-year-old toyboy
The astonishing details of MP Iris Robinson's affair with a 19-year-old - whom she had known since he was nine - have been laid bare today.
Her lover, Kirk McCambley, now 21, owns a cafe in south Belfast and the visitors' centre which houses the cafe was built by the council on which Mrs Robinson sits.
The wife of the Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson helped Mr McCambley get started in business after first identifying a freshly developed council site on the banks of the river Lagan in south Belfast for his new venture and persuaded two local developers to stump up £50,000 in 2008 for catering equipment to kit out the cafe, Mr McCambley told the BBC.
Astonishingly Mrs Robinson demanded a £5,000 kickback paid directly to her after her lover received the funding.
But when the relationship soured, Mrs Robinson demanded the funds back - initially in two cheques, one directly to her and another to her local church.
Mr Fraser Black, the whistleblower for the affair in extensive interviews with the BBC - and Mrs Robinson's political adviser - said that Peter Robinson was giving Mrs Robinson cues as she attempted to row back from the scandal.
The two donors who provided the money to Mrs Robinson to help Mr McCambley were named as developers Fred Fraser, now deceased, and Ken Campbell.
A trail of text messages sent from Mrs Robinson's phone to Mr Black revealed how the money was to be paid back. The funds were to be funnelled through her church, for which her sister is pastor.
Iris Robinson regarded the money as a gift to her but after their relationship fell apart she was keen to reclaim it from him.
According to the BBC, Iris Robinson has not once declared the money. The programme revealed that she lobbied on behalf of Ken Campbell while she was looking for the £25,000.
Peter Robinson also came under pressure today for not telling authorities that his wife had not registered the payments she received from the property developers.
The First Minister said today he would 'resolutely defend' the allegations: 'I completely reject BBC Spotlight's attempt to implicate me by insinuation and innuendo.
'I am even more appalled by the inclusion on that programme of comments and conclusions made without any supporting facts — indeed with facts in the programme which support a contrary position.
'While I have learned from Spotlight for the first time some alleged aspects of my wife's affair and her financial arrangements, I will be resolutely defending attacks on my character and contesting any allegations of wrongdoing. To that end, I will be addressing the media today after I have taken legal advice.'
Deputy First Minister, Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, said he was 'shocked' at the claims and has called for an urgent meeting with Mr Robinson.
On the BBC programme, Mr McCambley spoke candidly about his relationship with Mrs Robinson. He said: 'I worked in the butchers since I was nine and I always seen her coming in and out. I knew her from a very early age through the butchers and through my dad.
'She looked out for me and made sure I was OK and obviously anyone who has lost a parent knows it is an incredibly hard time and she was there to help.'
Mr Black broke cover to talk to the BBC and said the relationship developed beyond a friendship and that the couple would take walks together. He said that Mrs Robinson was keen to 'support this guy'.
In her statement this week, Mrs Robinson has said that she encouraged friends to invest in the youngster's business.
Before his wife's lover's age was made public, Mr Robinson said: 'I love my wife. I have always been faithful to her. In a spirit of humility and repentance, Iris sought my forgiveness. She took responsibility upon herself alone for her actions and I have forgiven her.'
Her name will bring to mind comparisons with another famous - albeit fictional - Mrs Robinson who had an affair with a man half her age.
In the 1967 film, The Graduate, Anne Bancroft, in her late 30s, seduces Benjamin Braddock, a recent university graduate played by Dustin Hoffman.
Iris Robinson was not to be seen at her luxury home yesterday.
As political commentators pored over the full significance of the First Minister's statement it emerged that more potentially troubling revelations about the Robinsons could soon emerge.
UUP leader Sir Reg Empey said Mrs Robinson should stop claiming parliamentary privileges and allowances immediately.
Alliance leader David Ford said: 'Iris Robinson must resign as an MP, MLA and councillor immediately.
'Given the current political problems between the DUP and Sinn Fein, it is important that every measure possible is taken to safeguard the Assembly and political progress.'
Sinn Fein Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said: 'I was shocked at the financial revelations made in last night's Spotlight programme.
'I have sought an urgent meeting with the First Minister to discuss the implications for the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister.'
One political source said last night: 'There are questions being asked about why the First Minister chose this particular moment to comment about such a personal matter, given that the affair was more than 18 months ago. . . .'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1241545/MP-Iris-Robinson-60-affair-19-year-old-toyboy.html#
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hahahahaha ;D
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Oh and she is trying to use the church to launder the money :D
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Iris Robinson, 60, had affair with 19-year-old toyboy
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1241545/MP-Iris-Robinson-60-affair-19-year-old-toyboy.html#
Yea,so what? Jeez,looks like the whole world might self destruct over this one ::)