Ahern: Best way to serve Fianna Fáil is to tender resignation

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has resigned from Fianna Fáil in the wake of the Mahon Tribunal, but insisted the findings of the probe had dealt him a grave injustice.

The tribunal into Ireland's planning process accused Mr Ahern of not telling the truth in regard to a number of financial transactions in the 1990s.