The family of a woman who was killed in a freak Luas accident have settled their High Court action for €548,000, writes Ann O'Loughlin of the Irish Examiner.

The operator of Dublin’s Luas light rail service plunged into the red last year, with pre-tax losses of €612,092, despite seeing record passenger numbers.

A record year for the Luas in 2013 was not enough to prevent pre-tax profits at its French-owned operator last year declining by 6% to €1.31m.