Luke Ming Flanagan says his account was hacked following tweet about picture of Saoirse McHugh

MEP Luke 'Ming' Flanagan believes his Twitter account was compromised. Picture: Mick McCormack

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.