Ed Sheeran was spotted in Fitzgerald's pub in Sandycove ahead of his run of Irish gigs this week, starting in Whelan's tonight.

The 'Bad Habits' singer socialised in Dublin on Easter Monday, posing for photos last night with eager fans and pubgoers.

So gutted to have missed Ed in @fitzsandycove last night!!! 😩😩 And of course he dined in style in @RasamRestaurant first!! #EdSheeran pic.twitter.com/mDr3hrc36O

— SoCoDu (@SooCoDu) April 19, 2022

The Suffolk native will play Vicar Street on Wednesday before two stadium concerts in Croke Park on Saturday and Sunday, April 23 and 24.

The Ireland swing of Ed’s tour will then progress to Cork next week for two shows in Páirc Uí Chaoimh before he plays two more gigs in Thomond Park, Limerick on May 5 and 6.

The chart-topping singer-songwriter then heads North for two gigs at Boucher Playing Fields, Belfast.

So the one night ya don't go for a glass in your local #edsheeran @fitzsandycove pic.twitter.com/ZjzpJiLKGj

— BreffniClack (@BreffniClack) April 18, 2022

Sheeran recently hit the headlines as a result of a High Court case in which he defended his work against allegations of plagiarism.

'Shape Of You' was the world's best-selling song of 2017, with more than three billion plays on Spotify alone.

The track earns Sheeran and his co-writers Steven McCutcheon and Snow Patrol's Johnny McDaid about £5 million a year, despite almost 10% of the payments being frozen due to the ongoing copyright dispute, the court heard.

The judge ruled in Sheeran’s favour but the singer told BBC’s Newsnight the case had exerted “extraordinary stress” on him.

Sheeran currently video records all of his songwriting sessions to protect against future claims of copyright infringement or plagiarism.