'It took two years but we got there': Ryan Tubridy pays Adam King a long-awaited visit

Ireland's favourite young astronaut gets a round on the trampoline with the Late Late Show host ahead of the Toy Show in November

The King family with Ryan Tubridy this past weekend

Toy Show season is just ahead, and the call is out now for young people to apply to appear, and share their passions with the biggest annual audience in Irish television. 

One young man whose Late Late Toy Show appearance brought him on an interstellar journey was Adam King, the aspiring astronaut who captured the hearts and minds of the nation in difficult times - and whose grá for the stars went as far as one of his "virtual hug" designs making it into space.