Ex-boyfriend sent text before suicide

A MAN who had fallen out with his ex-girlfriend was found hanging from the stairs in his home two days later.

Wexford Coroner’s Court heard how 26-year-old James O’Brien of Belvedere Grove, Wexford town, had fallen out with his ex-girlfriend Michaela Cogley of Liam Mellows Park, Wexford town, on October 28, 2006. Two days later he was found hanging from the staircase in his home.

Ms Cogley, in a deposition to the coroner’s Court, said that she had been in a relationship with Mr O’Brien for about five years.