Former Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald accused of faking 'lost Dublin dog story' on Twitter

Former Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald was accused of faking a story about returning a lost dog to its owner in Dublin on Saturday.

The Fine Gael woman is currently a European election candidate for the capital.

While out canvassing in Ranelagh over the weekend, she came across a little lost pup.

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She took to Twitter to say “found this little guy at the Triangle in Ranelagh" along with a picture of the doggo.

Bizarrely, when she rang the number on the dog's collar, the owner turned out to be a fellow former Tánaiste, Senator Michael McDowell.

But, a woman by the name of Kelly Mackenzie commented underneath the photo to say that she had in fact found the dog, not Fitzgerald.

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She said: “No you didn’t find him,” she wrote. “I did. And you commandeered him for a photo op when I asked to borrow your colleague’s phone to call his owner.”

A spokesperson for Fitzgerald said that the election candidate did find the dog.

She said that a member of the public had left the dog in her care and asked if she could call the owner.