THE GARDA INVESTIGATION into Glen Hansard’s death will be a fact-finding one with the main focus providing a file for the coroner’s court. Gardaí are trained to administer first aid at the scene of a crash and to assist ambulance personnel whenever they arrive. In Ireland, a doctor or a paramedic, can pronounce a person’s death – gardaí are not allowed do so. In the investigation into Glen Hansard’s death an initial investigation of the motorbike is understood to have found very little damage. Wren's Nest Wren's NestPost-mortemThe garda process continues with the sending of a C71 form, which formally alerts the coroner of the death.