Peter Robinson says wife Iris had no other affairs

DUP Leader challenges media to 'show me your proof'

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"But having to assimilate all that for 10 months in private was nothing to having to deal with it in public."

 "One does have to question the insidious nature of the 'Spotlight' program when they chose to show the one small portion of First Minister questions when someone put in a question of a jovial nature and I responded in kind and then they started to indicate that I had left my wife in a dire state.

"I had stayed by Iris's side throughout the night and during that time she had become more lucid and we were having conversations. First we had dealt with the immediate impact and made sure the drugs were out of her body. I will not go into any further detail.

"We then took expert medical advice and acted according to it. On three occasions during the course of the night we took advice and then we were told to let her have a sleep.

"Three members of the family stayed with her and I went to carry out my duties, all the time being updated by phone by family members.

"But it just seems that I cannot win over this business."

"How am I dealing with this?"

"Well, my weight had dropped from 215.5lb to 180lb over the past 10 months, though it's not a diet plan I would recommend to anyone.

"But there are days when, were it not a case of getting up and getting on with things for the sake of the family, your instinct is just to get into bed, turn out the light, pull yourself into a fetal position and not come out again."

Robinson also hinted that there were aspects to Iris' childhood and background that would explain some of her behavior. He predicted that "someday it will" be told.

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