Ahern to officially resign today
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will today officially tender his resignation after 11 years as Taoiseach.
He will meet President Mary McAleese after one of his final acts in office - the opening of the Battle of the Boyne site in Co Louth with the North's outgoing First Minister Ian Paisley.
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