Group stages anti-corruption picket ahead of Ahern 'explanation'

An anti-corruption rally outside the Dáil today called for crooked politicians to be jailed just hours before Taoiseach Bertie Ahern delivers the biggest speech of his political career.

In a bid to end a 13-day leadership crisis, Bertie Ahern will come clean on why he accepted €11,800 from businessmen in a Manchester hotel as Finance Minister.