'I am the only voice my family has now' says Darren Coleman at inquest of wife Nicola and baby Henry

Nicola Keane (right) and her husband Darren Coleman. On Wednesday night, a jury returned a majority 6-1 verdict of medical misadventure in the case of Ms Keane. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

At times during the hearing at the Dublin District Coroner’s Court this week, Darren Coleman would get up from his seat and quietly leave the room.

The softly spoken teacher from Ballina, Co. Mayo, politely excused himself as the inquest heard details about the death of his wife and baby son. The hearing into the deaths of nurse Nicola Keane, 34, and her seven-month-old son Henry Coleman, who died on October 22, 2020, lasted two days.