Oscar winner Hansard sitting on €1.5m profits

One artist who won’t have to sing for his supper anytime soon is Oscar winner, Glen Hansard.

Newly filed accounts, by Hansard’s Plateau Records Ltd, show that the Dubliner’s firm was sitting on a cash pile of nearly €1.5m at the end of November last.

The accounts show that the business recorded a profit of €245,000 last year, resulting in accumulated profits increasing to €1.44m.