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Jeffrey Donaldson's wife Eleanor placed on sex offenders' register after his rape conviction

Eleanor Donaldson, the wife of disgraced former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson, has been placed on the sex offenders' register.

Covered by 12 sources from 3 countries. First reported by The Irish Times ·

Headlines compared

Common ground: most headlines mention “sex offenders register”, “Eleanor Donaldson”, “placed” and “wife”.

Different angles:

  • RTÉ News “list for five years”
  • Irish Independent “trial of facts”
  • ABC News “Northern Ireland's largest pro UK party”
  • The Guardian “former DUP”

One of the 12 headlines quotes someone directly.

How 12 newspapers cover this story

  1. The Irish TimesIrelandFirst report

    Judge imposes supervision order on Eleanor Donaldson for aiding husband’s sex abuse of children

    Wife of Jeffrey Donaldson deemed medically unfit to take part in a conventional trial alongside her husband

  2. Sky NewsUnited Kingdom

    Jeffrey Donaldson's wife Eleanor placed on sex offenders' register after his rape conviction

    Eleanor Donaldson, the wife of disgraced former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson, has been placed on the sex offenders' register.

  3. RTÉ NewsIreland

    Eleanor Donaldson on sex offenders list for five years

    The wife of former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been placed on the sex offenders list for five years.

  4. BBC NewsUnited Kingdom

    Eleanor Donaldson given supervision order and placed on sex offenders' register

    Eleanor Donaldson was found to have done the acts in relation to five charges, including four of aiding and abetting his offending, in a 'trial of the facts'.

  5. Irish ExaminerIreland

    Supervision order imposed on Eleanor Donaldson for aiding husband's sex abuse of children

    Eleanor Donaldson, the wife of disgraced former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson, has been placed on the sex offenders’ register for five years and given ...

  6. Evening StandardUnited Kingdom

    Eleanor Donaldson placed on sex offenders’ register and given supervision order

    Eleanor Donaldson was found to have aided and abetted husband Jeffrey Donaldson’s offending following a trial of the facts at Newry Crown Court.

  7. TheJournal.ieIreland

    Eleanor Donaldson, wife of convicted rapist Jeffrey Donaldson, placed on sex offenders’ register

    Eleanor Donaldson was found to have aided and abetted her husband’s offending following a trial of the facts earlier this year.

  8. The IndependentUnited Kingdom

    Eleanor Donaldson placed on sex offenders’ register after disgraced husband jailed

    Former MP Jeffrey Donaldson, 63, was convicted in June of 18 sex offences, including one count of rape

    · Jeffrey Donaldson’s wife Eleanor found to have aided and abetted husband’s offending

  9. Irish IndependentIreland

    Eleanor Donaldson sobs as she is put on sex offender’s register after trial of facts

  10. ABC NewsUnited States

    Wife of jailed ex-leader of Northern Ireland's largest pro-UK party put on sex offenders register

    Eleanor Donaldson, the wife of former Northern Ireland unionist leader Jeffrey Donaldson, has been placed on the sex offenders register for five years

  11. The GuardianUnited Kingdom

    Eleanor Donaldson, wife of former DUP leader, placed on sex offender register

    Judge imposes three-year treatment order on Donaldson for aiding and abetting sexual offences by her husband, Jeffrey Jeffrey Donaldson’s wife, Eleanor, has been placed on the sex offender register for five years for aiding and abetting sexual offences by her disgraced husband. Eleanor Donaldson appeared via remote…

  12. Daily MailUnited Kingdom

    Disgraced politician Jeffrey Donaldson's wife placed on sex offenders' register for 'aiding and abetting' paedophile husband

    Eleanor Donaldson, wife of Jeffrey Donaldson, the disgraced former leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), has been placed on the sex offenders' register.

Coverage details

12 outlets from 3 countries are covering this story: The Irish Times, Sky News, RTÉ News, BBC News and 8 more. The Irish Times published it first, on November 13, 2026; the last outlet to join was Daily Mail, 8 hours later.

Key names in the coverage: Eleanor, Donaldson and DUP.

By country: United Kingdom (6), Ireland (5), United States (1). In total 13 articles have been published, because some outlets updated the story several times.

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