Ahern faces grilling as tribunal row hots up

THE Government will come under pressure tomorrow to answer fresh claims that Taoiseach Bertie Ahern obstructed the workings of the Planning Tribunal and misled the Dáil.

Mr Ahern was accused yesterday of failing to provide the planning inquiry with five documents he promised would be given to the tribunal when he spoke in the Dáil five years ago.

Opposition parties want the Dáil business suspended tomorrow to allow Mr Ahern respond to the allegations. If true, he must resign as Taoiseach, the Green Party said last night.