Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern has announced he is to resign in May.Mr Ahern, 56, has been taoiseach since June 1997 and has been a member of the Irish Parliament for 31 years.
The announcement comes a day after Mr Ahern began a court challenge to limit the work of a public inquiry probing planning corruption in the 1990s.
The tribunal is probing Mr Ahern's personal finances. Mr Ahern has been leader of Fianna F�il since 1994 and heads the coalition government.
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