Only a low level of cocaine and a quantity representing “a sip of alcohol” were found in the body of model Katy French, her inquest heard yesterday.

The family of Katy French have welcomed the open verdict returned at the inquest at Meath Coroner’s Court into the death of the model.

The model Katy French only had a low amount of cocaine and alcohol in her body when she died, an inquest has heard.

Verdicts of accidental death have been returned by the jury at the inquest into the deaths of the five schoolgirls in the Navan bus crash in 2005.

IRISH industry has a very poor record of workplace safety and the situation is not improving, a conference heard yesterday.