GLEN Hansard admits he was naïve when he got involved in the occupation of Apollo House and said: “I was way out of my depth from the beginning.”

The singer was one of many high-profile names to pledge their support to the Apollo House cause.

3 Glen isn't sure if he would get involved if he knew then what he knows now Credit: Alamy

Glen joined the likes of Saoirse Ronan and Jim Sheridan in supporting the movement, and linked up with the Home Sweet Home protest group in taking over the building to provide accommodation for the homeless.

But the Falling Slowly star has revealed that he might have reconsidered getting involved if he knew what was to come.

3 The outside of Apollo House Credit: Garrett White

He told BBC Radio Ulster’s Across The Line: “If I had known then what I know now I don’t know if I would have gone anywhere near it.

“My personal involvement was about bridging the gap, between the beds that are available in the darkest, coldest months of the year, that we could somehow intervene in an empty building that wasn’t being used, put some beds in it.

“In a way I was quite naïve. What I realise now nearly four weeks after we first went in is I was way out of my depth from the beginning of this.

“I thought in this idealistic way, we could go in there, we could put in some mattresses, it all seemed so logical and simple, and of course, it isn’t.

“It’s a very complicated business. And I sit here humbled talking about it because if I had known then what I know now I don’t know if I would have gone anywhere near it.”