The funeral of Irish music legend, Glen Hansard is to take place in Dublin later today.
The singer died last Wednesday after being involved in a motorcycle accident while travelling back from a trad session at The Wren's Nest pub.
Earlier this month, Hansard had performed live at Trinity College, Dublin as part of the Trinity Summer Series earlier this month, which saw him perform mixture of new material, along with a range of songs from his back catalogue as a solo artist and in The Frames in front of a live audience.
He has also played a range of shows across the UK and Europe.
A public wake had been organised in honour of Hansard on Bank Holiday Monday in Dublin, taking place at the Baroque Chapel.
Hansard's funeral will take place at St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin city centre at 1.30pm, which will be also open to the public. Access inside the cathedral will be limited, given the number of people expected to attend.
Large screens will also be showing the funeral at St Patrick's Close, while music at the funeral will be provided by Hansard's family and friends.
Glen Hansard started out by busking on Grafton Street, before going on to become one of Ireland's most celebrated performers, winning an Oscar for co writing Falling Slowly, which featured in the Irish drama, Once in 2007.
He also won a Grammy Award for starring in The Commitments, the film adaption of Roddy Doyle's book of the same name in 1991. He played the guitarist, 'Outspan' Foster.
Following his death, a number of household names from music and politics paid tributes to Hansard, including Taoiseach Micheál Martin, as well as singer Ed Sheeran, and Shane MacGowan's wife, Victoria Mary Clarke. Hansard had performed at MacGowan's funeral in 2023.
