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	'''Iris Robinson''' (née '''Collins'''; born 1949) is the wife of Peter Robinson, First Minister of [[Northern Ireland]], and a former [[DUP]] politician in her own right.		[[File:IrisRobinsonnew thumb.jpg\|thumb\|Iris Robinson]]'''Iris Robinson''' (née '''Collins'''; born 1949) is the wife of Peter Robinson, First Minister of [[Northern Ireland]], and a former [[DUP]] politician in her own right.

	She was born in [[Belfast]] and married Peter Robinson in 1970. She was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1998 and as MP for [[Strangford]] in 2001 and 2005.		She was born in [[Belfast]] and married Peter Robinson in 1970. She was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1998 and as MP for [[Strangford]] in 2001 and 2005.

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'''Iris Robinson''' (née '''Collins'''; born 1949) is the wife of Peter Robinson, First Minister of [[Northern Ireland]], and a former [[DUP]] politician in her own right.

She was born in [[Belfast]] and married Peter Robinson in 1970. She was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1998 and as MP for [[Strangford]] in 2001 and 2005.

In June 2008, shortly after a physical assault on a gay man in Northern Ireland, she made comments on BBC Radio Ulster's ''Stephen Nolan Show'' offering to recommend homosexuals to psychiatric counselling.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/nolan/listenagain/ , accessed 6 June 2008</ref> While condemning the attack,<ref> http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-7858.html Tony Grew, "MP reacts to homophobic assault by suggesting "ex-gay" therapy for victim" ''Pink News'', 6 June 2008.</ref> she called homosexuality an "abomination" that made her feel "sick" and "nauseous", and offered to refer homosexuals to a psychiatrist she knew. As a result of this and other comments, Stonewall named her "[[Stonewall Bigot of the Year Award|Bigot of the Year]]" for 2008.

In January 2010 it emerged that Robinson had an extramarital affair with a 19-year-old man in 2008,<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8447352.stm "Iris Robinson had teenage lover", ''BBC News'', 7 January 2010.</ref> She then resigned from the House of Commons and the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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