Public wake to be held for Glen Hansard in Dublin on Monday

A public wake is to be held for Oscar-winning musician Glen Hansard in Dublin where people can pay their respects.The wake will take place in the Baroque Chapel at the Irish Museum of Modern Art at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham between 11am and 4pm on Monday.Hansard’s funeral will take place at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin on Tuesday at 1.30pm, which will also be open to the public and available to view online.A funeral notice stated that music will be performed by Hansard’s friends and family.Hansard, 56, from Ballymun in Dublin – the frontman of Irish band The Frames and who featured in the celebrated film The Commitments – died in a motorbike crash on Wednesday, hours after taking part in a trad session at a local pub.He is survived by his wife, the Finnish poet Maire Saaritsa, and their three-year-old son Christy.Irish musicians Bono, Bob Geldof, Cait O’Riordan, Andrea Corr, and Hozier also paid tribute while buskers gathered in Dublin city on Thursday to mark how Hansard began his career.Earlier on Friday, Czech musician Markéta Irglová, who Hansard co-wrote the Oscar-winning song Falling Slowly with, expressed her condolences.Irglová and Hansard wrote the track for the 2007 movie Once, which they both starred in, and also released three albums together.Hansard and Irglová first met in her home town at a gig when she was 13 and he was 31.During the promotional tour for Once, they began a relationship which ended two years later.“My deepest condolences to Glen’s family, his brothers and his beautiful wife and son, you are all in my thoughts and prayers,” she said on Instagram.“I am so sorry for your tragic loss, my heart goes out to you.“May his love always surround you, his spirit guide and protect you, and may his light shine on throughout your days.”As well as his musical career, Hansard has been praised for his activist work, particularly his support for the homeless.Read MoreHe began an annual Christmas Eve charity busk outside the Gaiety Theatre 16 years ago, drawing members of the public to see famous Irish musicians perform in aid of the homeless in the city.Hansard also took part in protests against Ireland’s housing crisis, a march to mark three years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the anti-austerity water charge protests in 2014.