There is a rapidly expanding scandal that's breaking in Northern Ireland that has real political implications for the upcoming elections and the wider peace process as a whole. All the details are here-- but the cliff notes version:
First Minister Peter Robinson has a wife, Iris- who once upon a time had a 19 year old lover, whom she helped set up a business. Mr. First Minister Robinson failed to disclosed that she had used the funds and what she had used them for.
Result: BOOM! An ever-expanding scandal that threatens to fracture the DUP (Democratic Unionist Party) and could potentially hand power to Sinn Fein and allow them to nominate their own First Minister. Which could be very interesting indeed.
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