I interviewed Iris Robinson when she was in her pomp... but the mask only slipped when I turned off the recorder
A new BBC documentary, Hold The Front Page: Investigating Iris Robinson, aired this week. It was a retrospective look at the extraordinary Spotlight probe that ultimately toppled Iris's husband, First Minister Peter Robinson, from power, and sent Iris to the political wilderness, from which she has never re-emerged.
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