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http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jul/08072209.html By Hilary White LONDON, July 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Iris Robinson, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP for Strangford, has been attacked in the press and the Northern Ireland Assembly, after she told a radio host that the government has a duty to "uphold God's law" and prohibit abortion. She made her comments to BBC Radio Ulster's Stephen...
Here is something we can all get into a self righteous later over. I am not sure if Iris Robinson is a British MP or a member of the Northern Ireland assembly her husband, Peter Robinson, is the leader of the DUP and First Minister, but Iris is reported by Hansard as saying; “There can [...]
An independent inquiry into politicians' expenses would inevitably have implications for Stormont, the head of a UK-wide anti-sleaze watchdog has stressed.
On Stormont Live today Newton Emerson had some sharp criticisms to make of the Northern Ireland Assembly’s OFMDFM Committee’s report on ‘Child Poverty’ - notably the problem with setting targets based on percentiles of median adult income - in a discussion with the Committee’s Chairman, the UUP’s Danny Kennedy. For those unfamiliar with statistics here’s a detailed account of normal distribution. It’s...
When George Bush breezed into Belfast yesterday, aides made sure his armoured convoy was pictured beside a symbol of successful conflict resolution: the Northern Ireland Assembly.
When George Bush breezed into Belfast yesterday, aides made sure his armoured convoy was pictured beside a symbol of successful conflict resolution: the Northern Ireland Assembly. But their stage management was less successful later when Mr Bush was pictured missing four shots out of four in a basketball practice at a local primary school.
When George Bush breezed into Belfast yesterday, aides made sure his armoured convoy was pictured beside a symbol of successful conflict resolution: the Northern Ireland Assembly. But their stage management was less successful later when Mr Bush was pictured missing four shots out of four in a basketball practice at a local primary school.
The Northern Ireland Assembly is facing an opportunity to safeguard the future of the Irish hare, a species endemic to Ireland, which is in serious decline.
I’m from Northern Ireland and have recently returned. Apart from 6 years living in England, I have always voted DUP. The DUP has stuck up for the Ulster Protestants for a long time and we have rewarded the DUP with 9 MPs and 36 Northern Ireland Assembly Members. There is some distrust towards the Tories, and [...]
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Reading Liberal Conspiracy , I see that Iris Robinson (MP in Northern Ireland and also member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, where she chairs the Health Committee) has recommended that people assaulted for being gay should seek medical help to "cure" them of being gay. Back to the ark we go! I thought we had come a long, long way on the road to equality - and leaving behind the nonsense that being...
It really is amazing what gems you hear on Radio Ulster. From BBCNI: A gay rights campaigner has rejected a Northern Ireland assembly member’s call for homosexuals to seek psychiatric counselling. David McCartney from the Rainbow Project was responding to comments from Iris Robinson, who is the chair of the Stormont health committee. Mrs Robinson said with help, gay people could be “turned around”....
Iris "The Reason Cure" Robinson Iris Robinson MP MLA and wife of the First Minister for the Northern Ireland Assembly, Peter Robinson, has a friend who can "cure" gayness. Her special friend is a Psychiatrist, allegedly, who has apparently "cured" many people. She said, " I have a very lovely psychiatrist [I don't doubt that for a moment!] who works with me in my offices and his Christian background...