KEY new research has been unveiled into the physical demands on professional rugby union players during games.

A KEY religious congregation contributing to the special fund for victims of institutional abuse has rejected suggestions that millions of euro in compensation was being withheld.

A KEY aide of French president Nicholas Sarkozy yesterday agreed to resign amid a scandal involving claims of illegal political financing.

Artur Boruc and Scott Brown will miss Celtic’s Co-operative Insurance Cup quarter-final against Hearts tomorrow.

KEY personnel departures and project divisions are taking place at Howard Holdings, one of the country’s most aggressive development firms during the Celtic Tiger years.

SOUTH AFRICA coach Peter de Villiers is encouraged by the progress made by key duo Ruan Pienaar and Frans Steyn ahead of the three-Test series against the British and Irish Lions.

A KEY €15 million expansion plan at a waste treatment plant in Limerick will create 50 jobs.

A KEY riverside site in Waterford which Bord Gáis is currently cleaning up is to be sold, it has emerged.

A KEY part of the Government’s €70 million plan to tackle the A&E crisis has suffered a major setback with the axing of the Health Service Executive’s (HSE) tendering process to extend out-of-hours GP cover.

A KEY witness who sensationally withdrew statements in the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder investigation has written to the Director of Public Prosecutions claiming her family were "unfairly treated" by gardaí.

A KEY Republican committee chairman put the Bush administration on notice yesterday that his panel would hold hearings into a report that the National Security Agency eavesdropped without warrants on people inside the United States.

A KEY witness involved in the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder investigation is now claiming she felt under pressure when interviewed by police.

Conor Keane, Business Correspondent

A KEY member of a Tamil political party opposed to the Tamil Tiger rebels was shot dead yesterday on a busy street in Sri Lanka's capital.

A KEY member of the Irish coaching staff has indicated he will resign in protest if fitness coach Mike McGurn is sacked following comments he made in a newspaper interview this week.

A KEY member of the project team that evaluated bids for the State’s second mobile phone licence strenuously denied at the Moriarty Tribunal yesterday that civil servants deliberately decided against taking notes of crucial meetings.

A KEY member of the project team that selected Esat Digifone as winner of the State’s second mobile phone licence competition eight years ago has denied he was engaged in “cooking the books.”

KEY staff essential to the operation of Bank of Ireland’s information technology operations are expected to vote for strike action over plans to outsource the maintenance of the bank’s computer systems.

KEY consultants who vetted the applicants for the country’s second mobile phone licence say they won’t give evidence before the Moriarty Tribunal, now investigating how the award was made.

A KEY aide to the Prince of Wales yesterday broke his silence to deny allegations he raped another male servant.