Paying tribute to Glen Hansard

Oscar winner Glen Hansard, who found fame after starring in ‘The Commitments’ and with his band The Frames, has been killed in a motorcycle crash in County Dublin…To pay tribute to Glen, Shane and Ciara are joined by Singer Mary Coughlan, long time friend of Glen’s, Sparkie, Stuart Clarke, Deputy Editor of Hot Press Magazine and Senator Frances Black. Newstalk’s Henry McKean also went out to Ballymun in Dublin to speak with his friends and neighbours.

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