Luke 'Ming' Flanagan, the Independent MEP has said a late-night Twitter comment about naked pictures of former Green Party candidate Saoirse McHugh were as a result of his account being hacked. His account tweeted “Sapirse mchugh photo skinny dipping (sp)" at 2.50 am on Monday morning, but the former TD have moved to insist hackers were to blame. The tweet in question was deleted but several different versions of the tweet by way of screen grabs of the comment were shared online. It is possible that the tweet was in reference to photos of Ms McHugh swimming which previously appeared in the Guardian newspaper. — Luke 'Ming' Flanagan (@lukeming) September 28, 2020Ms McHugh has since said Mr Flanagan made contact with her to explain what had happened.

Source: Irish Examiner September 28, 2020 16:58 UTC