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A book of condolence for Glen Hansard is being opened at the Mansion House in Dublin from 10am until 4pm this afternoon and for the same period tomorrow.
A book of condolence has also been opened on the Dublin City Council website.
The 56-year-old singer-songwriter died following a single-vehicle crash involving his motorbike near Lucan in Dublin yesterday morning.
The crash happened near Strawberry Beds in Chapelizod in Dublin city.
Meanwhile, tributes continue to be paid to the Oscar-winning songwriter and The Frames frontman.
Singer and Senator Frances Black said he had the gift of bringing people together through his music and that his death was devastating.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, she said: "The songs that Glen would have picked were songs that everybody knew at a sing-song, so that everybody could sing them with him.
"And I think that was an art that he had. That was a gift he had of bringing people together."
She said that Glen "was just a magical human being. That's the only way I can describe him".
"It's so hard to believe he's gone."
The former owner of The Purty Loft pub in Dún Laoghaire who gave Glen Hansard a residency at the venue has said "music was his thing" and he "was a humble man".
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Pat Byrne said around the time Hansard was offered a record deal he approached him for a residency at The Purty Loft.
Mr Byrne said that music came first and he would not give up a scheduled gig even when filming The Commitments.
Supporting Bob Dylan without meeting Bob DylanMr Byrne also recounted how Hansard got to support Bob Dylan while the American legend was on tour.
He said that when Dylan was playing in The Point, Hansard hired a rehearsal room in Dublin at The Factory, where Dylan was rehearsing, in the hope of bumping into him
Hansard told Mr Byrne that while he was rehearsing "there was a shadow in the door" and he wondered if it was Dylan.
Later Hansard got a call from Dylan's management and asked if he would like to support the singer on tour. Although he supported Dylan, he didn't meet him on that tour.
"He said the very last night of the gig, he was out at the stage door sitting on the step and blown away that he'd just done all this with Dylan, and a limo pulled up and the window came down and a voice said, ''Nice gig, man'."
Mr Byrne paid tribute to his friend saying Hansard was "a gentleman and also a gentle man".
Read more:
Glen Hansard: A powerhouse of self-belief and passion
Behind the Story: Remembering Glen Hansard
Glen Hansard: A life in pictures
Watch: Falling Slowly performed by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová