First Minister's wife admits suicide attempt after affair
THE guilt-ridden wife of Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson tried to kill herself after making a midnight confession to her husband that she had an affair, she has revealed.
Iris Robinson also admitted she encouraged friends to provide financial backing to assist the man in a business venture. The relationship 18 months ago was brief but in a dramatic statement last night she revealed the impact it had and how she attempted to take her own life last March.
She said: "Everyone is paying a heavy price for my actions ... I am so, so sorry."
The revelations came just nine days after Mrs Robinson, MP for Strangford and a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, declared she was quitting politics because of a battle with depression.