Editing Coroner (section)

===Ireland===
The Coroners Service is a network of Coroners situated across Ireland, usually covering areas based on Ireland's traditional counties.<ref name="Corserv-1">{{cite web|url=http://www.coroners.ie/en/CS/Pages/Overview|title=Coroner Service|publisher=Coroner Service|access-date=14 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917094640/http://www.coroners.ie/en/CS/Pages/Overview|archive-date=17 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> They are appointed by local authorities as independent experts and must be either qualified doctors or lawyers.<ref name="Corserv-2">{{cite web|url=http://www.coroners.ie/en/CS/Pages/Who%20Are%20Coroners|title=Who are the coroners|publisher=Coroner Service|access-date=14 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417212513/http://www.coroners.ie/en/CS/Pages/Who%20Are%20Coroners|archive-date=17 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Their primary function is to investigate any sudden, unexplained, violent or unnatural death in order to allow a death certificate to be issued. Any death due to unnatural causes will require an [[inquest]] to be held.<ref name="Corserv-2"/>