Maura Higgins stuns fans with olive bikini shot snapped on Dubai beach

Sharing the glamorous shot with her 3.1 million followers on Instagram, the Longford native appears to have spent some time relaxing in the sunshine with her glowing bronze tan jumping out against her deep cut bikini.

"Don’t mind me...just having a stand up nap," she captioned the post.

The image garnered almost 200k likes and hundreds of comments from followers rushing to compliment her.

Fellow Love Island castmate Molly-Mae Hague said Maura looks like "a queeeen" in the saucy snap, while Maura's boyfriend Christopher Taylor joked about doubling as the star's personal photographer.

He wrote: "Has anyone ever told you that you’re the perfect combination of sexy & cute? (& your photographer is a talented man, with a real eye for angles)."

The 30-year-old recently opened up about her hopes to come home for Christmas as she’s pining to see her family.

“The last time I was in Ireland was about July time, “ she said.

“But I definitely hope to get back before Christmas, see my family and spend some time with them.

“I’ve never really spent Christmas away from Ireland, so it would be a bit strange for me.

“I hope to fly home to Ireland – hopefully I can fly home. That’s what I’m praying for at the moment.”