Luke 'Ming' Flanagan burnt online in Twitter spat with Aer Lingus

Thousands of Irish people may have been burnt by the sun in recent days, but Irish MEP Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan found himself burnt online by airline Aer Lingus yesterday in a Twitter spat.

The controversial politician, who is known for speaking and tweeting his mind, took to the social media site to voice his anger at an apparent delay to the departure of his Aer Lingus flight yesterday.

“What are @aerlingus stats for leaving on time? Does it ever happen?Then the drip drip feed of oh dear we’re going to be a bit later #chancers,” he tweeted.