Another observation of that crash photograph - you can see training bars (rear seat dual controls) in the wreckage, so it seems likely that this was an instructional sortie. Interesting that this was apparently then a British aircraft flying an instructional sortie in the Republic of Ireland where, according to BMAA's website at-least, there's no UK registered training facility.
Not necessarily. I have training bars fitted to my machine, but I am no instructor. I just like letting my passengers have a 'go'. In fact, aren't most of the new P+M machines fitted with training bars as standard these days?