Film art director died after snorting ‘poppers’

A film industry art director died after snorting “poppers” while having phone sex, an inquest heard yesterday.

Darach Culhane-Nolan, aged 33, was found dead at his home on the Burrow Road in Sutton on Mar 16, 2011, having inhaled amyl nitrite, more commonly known as poppers, the night before.

Michael Scott, a prominent theatre director, told Dublin Coroner’s Court that he first met the deceased 10 days before his death. Mr Culhane-Nolan had just finished a contract on the Oscar- nominated film Albert Nobbs.