Ed Sheeran spoke to Ryan Tubridy in an interview that was recorded on Wednesday

Singer Ed Sheeran spoke candidly on last night's Late Late Show about his love of partying.

The 'Galway Girl' singer told presenter Ryan Tubridy that while he "has never woken up and said I need a drink," he did reveal that he loves "drinking everyday".

"I don’t see it as problematic. I love good times. If I drink everyday it is with people. Or in my hotel room watching a film with a bottle of wine."

The pop star visits Ireland often and has spent a lot of time in the capital down through the years.

"I am in love with the country and the culture and the people, and I really, really like it. Coming on and doing chat shows and stuff, I don't even feel like it's work, I just get to hang out."

Speaking on the Late Late show last night about his hit 'Galway Girl', he also revealed that the song was almost called Portlaoise Girl - which doesn't quite have the same ring to it.

During a lengthy chat with Ryan Tubridy, Sheeran was also reunited with a youngster he first met on the 2014 Toy Show.

Aimee Keogh appeared on the festive extravaganza to demonstrate how to use SingStar.

The then-11 year old was bowled over when the singer joined her during her rendition of Lego House.

The youngster was reunited with the singer again when she joined the audience of last night's show.

"It was one of the most unreal experiences... I'll never able to put into words how thankful I am for making my dreams come true for me to meet one of my idols," she said.

Sheeran added: "That's my main thing that people still say to me... 'oh we loved you on the toy show'."

Sheeran (26) performed three songs on last night's Late Late, including his own take on Pogues classic Fairytale of Newyork.

He altered - and sanitised - some of the lyrics slightly for TV. The original "you cheap, lousy f****t" became "you cheap lousy blaggard".

His version of the annual Christmas hit is getting decidedly mixed reactions from music fans who are less than impressed with the reworked version.

Sheeran pre-recorded the interview on Wednesday.

He advised young people that the only way to make your dreams come true is to work hard.

"When I first started playing guitar and I first started singing I couldn't play in tune... I sent Lisa Hannigan my demo CD when I was like 11 or 12 and she said she listened to it... and she said it was, you know, [laughing] alright."

"When I was a kid, I couldn't really properly and I couldn't sing in tune and what I would say to kids is I worked really, really hard and learned how to do it and practised, and then eventually you get there and I always say whatever you want to be in life, anything, literally anythihng, you can be anything you want to be as long as you work hard at it."

"Choose something you want, never have a plan B, never settle for anything less than what you have and then work until you get it, and I really truly believe that if you work hard enough you can get there."

He made the most of his time in Dublin with a visit to one of his favourite bars, The Hacienda near Smithfield. The bar is famously low-key - customers have to knock before gaining admittance - and has attracted A-list fans such as Hozier and Saoirse Ronan whenever they are home.

Sheeran also talked about his background, and how he wished his Belfast-born grandfather had lived to see him being awarded an MBE.

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