A MAN beat his four-year-old daughter’s head against the stone base of a Rome monument in front of tourists and a police officer, leaving the child in a coma, police said yesterday.

A woman who has maintained a vigil outside the Dáil for the past three months should be considered for compensation in the light of new information, it was claimed today.

An extradition hearing was set for August 17 for a London bombing suspect arrested in Italy, and a judge is “likely” to make a decision on Britain’s request that day, the suspect’s lawyer said today.