AMERICAN doctors are expected to carry out the final part of a pioneering procedure this week on an Irish baby girl who has been in an induced coma for 31 days.

IT’S been hailed as a classic waste of taxpayers’ money, but yesterday the government jet was put to a use no-one with a heart would object to.

POLICE hunting a man believed to have abducted his four-year-old daughter in a tug-of-love battle yesterday said they were following several encouraging leads after reported sightings of the pair abroad.

A MOTHER at the centre of a tug-of-love battle with her ex-husband has made a tearful appeal for the safe return of their four-year-old daughter.