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Robinson fights for political life amidst Irisgate scandal

The Northern Irish peace process was in the balance last night as Peter Robinson, the Province’s First Minister, faced calls to resign over revelations that his MP wife failed to declare financial donations made to her teenage lover’s business.

As a dissident republican car bombing campaign returned to Northern Ireland yesterday, seriously injuring a policeman, the First Minister was engulfed in a political and sexual scandal.