Oscar winner Glen Hansard ("Once") has died in a motorcycle crash at 56 years old. He won the Academy Award for best original song with "Falling Slowly."
โWith broken hearts we announce the passing of Glen Hansard who passed away, in the early hours of this morning, following a road traffic accident in Dublin," a statement from his agency reads. "Glenโs family is deeply shocked and heartbroken by this tragic loss and respectfully requests privacy at this extremely difficult time. The family is grateful for the support they have received and wishes to thank the emergency services who attended the scene."
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No nation, no society, and no international order can call itself just and humane if it measures its success solely by power or prosperity while neglecting those who live at the margins. Indeed, Christโs love for the least and the forgotten compels us to reject every form of selfishness that leaves the poor and the vulnerable invisible.
May is the "month which the piety of the faithful has especially dedicated to Our Blessed Lady," and it is the occasion for a "moving tribute of faith and love which Catholics in every part of the world [pay] to the Queen of Heaven. During this month, Christians both in church and in the privacy of the home, offer up to Mary from their hearts an especially fervent and loving homage of prayer and veneration. In this month, too, the benefits of God's mercy come down to us from her throne in greater abundance.โ (Paul VI: Encyclical, Mense Maio, On the Month of May, no. 1).
A sad day for Celtic music in Ireland. Moya Brennan, the voice of Clannad, sister of Enya and vocalist on Chicane's Saltwater, has passed away peacefully in County Donegal, aged 73๐ข
Rest in eternal peace, Moya ๐๏ธ ๐๏ธ
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Remembering the Angels of Dunblane and their teacher on the 30th anniversary of that tragic day.
Thoughts, love and prayers to their families, friends and everybody affected.
#Dunblane#DunblaneMassacre#30Years@allontheboard
New York City remembers the victims of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing attack๐น ๐ฅ
Today marks the 33rd anniversary of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the terrorist attack that killed six people and an unborn child and injured more than 1000 others.