Extra: Glen Hansard dead at 56

Academy Award-winning artist and leader of The Frames, Glen Hansard, has died at the age of 56.

The renowned singer-songwriter was killed in a motorcycle crash in Dublin in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Once the news broke, tributes quickly followed – Hansard was a hugely popular figure, not just in the Irish music scene, but also on the international stage.

On this Extra episode of The Indo Daily, host Fionnán Sheahan is joined by senior features writer and music critic at the Irish independent John Meagher to look back on the life of Glen Hansard.

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