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Tributes from family members, fans and locals have been added to the area of the Lower Road in which Hansard was found on Wednesday morning. Photograph: Hugh Dooley <\/p>\nGarda\u00ed investigating the death of Oscar-winning musician Glen Hansard in a motorcycle crash early on Wednesday are attempting to track down details of his final movements after he left a west Dublin pub.<\/p>\n
The investigation is focused on determining what happened in the roughly four-hour period between the singer leaving the pub and his body being located.<\/p>\n
Sources said there was no criminal element to the investigation and that the force\u2019s role was in establishing a timeline for the coroner.<\/p>\n
One line of investigation is that Hansard had attended another location after leaving the Wren\u2019s Nest that night and garda\u00ed are keen to speak to anyone who may have seen him during that time. <\/p>\n
Tributes from family members, fans and locals have been added to the area of the Lower Road in which Hansard was found on Wednesday morning. Photograph: Hugh Dooley <\/p>\n
Household CCTV and doorbell camera footage from homes on roads in the area is likely to have captured some of his movements. <\/p>\n
A series of popular late-night locations in the area told The Irish Times that Hansard was not spotted at their venues on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n
Another location in the area said it had been asked by the family to respect their privacy and would not comment further.<\/p>\n
[\u00a0Public wake for Glen Hansard to take place next week ahead of funeralOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n The lack of damage to Hansard\u2019s motorbike, along with the results of the forensic road investigation, mean garda\u00ed are considering a number of potential causes of the crash.<\/p>\n Shortly before 4.30am a member of the public encountered Hansard on a narrow stretch of the R109 Lower Road, just before a right-hand bend, and called 999.<\/p>\n Emergency services arrived and treated the musician, who was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n Two sources with knowledge of Garda<\/a> operations in the area believe the volume of traffic on the road meant it was unlikely that Hansard would have lain stricken on the roadside for a prolonged period before being encountered by passing traffic.<\/p>\n Several people who live on the road witnessed emergency services responding to the incident on Wednesday morning. They suggested that the road was frequently used by people attempting to avoid the M50<\/a> on their way into the city and that there was a steady flow of traffic even at night.<\/p>\n Tributes and flowers from family members, fans and locals have been left on the stretch where he crashed.<\/p>\n Hansard had spent time in the Wren\u2019s Nest pub on Lower Road playing with music group Trad 15.<\/p>\n His body was found nearly 2km from the pub and Hansard had been travelling westward in the direction of Co Kildare<\/a>, where he lived.<\/p>\n In a statement to different outlets on Thursday, the Wren\u2019s Nest said Hansard left the premises after closing time travelling east and that the establishment has adhered to normal licensed trading hours with no after-hours lock in.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LDWZKBRSBRBCPBGUER2W6GIMYI.JPG\")
The stretch of road on which Glen Hansard was traveling when he crashed on Wednesday morning. Tributes and flowers have been left at the spot. Photograph: Hugh Dooley <\/p>\n![\"Hansard](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ZDTPM2SUSBGHBME6BWZWIIITBQ.JPG\")
Hansard spent time in the Wren\u2019s Nest pub on Lower Road playing with music group Trad 15 on the night he died. Photograph: Hugh Dooley <\/p>\n
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Map: IRISH TIMES GRAPHICS Wednesday<\/p>\n