Missing lifebuoy hampered efforts to save actor from drowning, inquest hears

Daniel Cullen, 34, died after falling into the Liffey at Sir John Rogerson's Quay shortly before midnight on June 8, 2021, while he and two friends were urinating into the river

Daniel Cullen, 34, from Dungannon, Co Tyrone, died on June 8, 2021, after falling into the River Liffey at Sir John Rogerson's Quay in Dublin. A missing life buoy hampered efforts to save him. Picture: Collins 

A lifebuoy was missing from its stand when rescuers attempted to help a Tyrone man who fell into the River Liffey while on his way home from an evening socialising in Dublin last year, an inquest has heard.

A sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court was told Daniel Cullen died after falling into the Liffey at Sir John Rogerson's Quay shortly before midnight on June 8, 2021, while he and two friends were urinating into the river.