Ireland's mental health system is broken, says man whose wife took her own life

Darren Coleman told the High Court: 'The mental health system in Ireland is broken. Mental health is not a priority in this country.'

Darren Coleman( left) was speaking in the High Court as he settled an action over the care received by his 34-year-old wife Nicola Keane (right) who had post-natal depression and psychosis after the birth of their baby boy, Henry. File picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

A man whose wife took her own life and whose seven-month-old baby son died has told a High Court judge that the mental health system in Ireland is broken.

Darren Coleman was speaking in the High Court as he settled an action over the care received by his 34-year-old wife Nicola Keane who had post-natal depression and psychosis after the birth of their baby boy, Henry.