What does your desk say about you 'Mr Taoiseach'?

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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar released a photograph of him thanking Chinese premier Li Keqiang by telephone today - and there were some interesting things on his desk. Did we miss anything?

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Is it messy or organised? Which books are to hand? Has anything been deliberately left in view?The picture shows him on the phone thanking Chinese premier Li Keqiang for his co-operation in selling Ireland personal protection equipment for the health service in its efforts to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.Perhaps the most obvious thing is his online diary with a list of engagements for the week. It is also displayed on his iPad.

He has a radio and television for keeping abreast of developments and an unopened copy of the Irish Times. Fittingly, at a time of crisis, there is a book with the word 'Mindfulness' on its spine facing the camera.But perhaps it’s reassuring to see it’s a working desk with bulldog clips, post-it notes and documents within easy reach. Pushed to one side is on opened chocolate bar wrapper.And there are signs of the Covid-19 crisis on his desk - below his computer monitor is a hand sanitiser.

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Bat's,

Great bunch of lads! it's where all the pandemics stem from and we pay him 30million

Can't believe this is actually a post. You must be really bored

Well as the mother used say that beats hairy eye. What a joke. Screwed sideways and says thank you. WTF.

Will need a good clean up soon when he moves out! Bogging , the lazy arse!

Lets thank the Chinese but lets not forget they could've done more, sooner and with an honesty we all deserve.

Li Keqiang is a bollocks! He and his communist party 🤬

I have a mister perfect mug like that.

Good job. Get the sheeple puzzling what the dross on my desk means. Better that than ask hard questions, like why does Ireland only have 20% of the critical beds per 10,000 citizens that Germany has. Why are Irish nurses using bin bags as PPE.

Dear supreme leader, I love your social credits system I dream of a day when our own FFFG Marxist government can impose such a system here. We are making head way with the climate hoax and we will have gotten ride of free speech after this Kung flu, and thank you for sending it x

Appoints rejected TDs to Senate at a cost of 1 million euros even when they have huge pensions and asks the public to volunteer

They should be supplying free ppe to the world since they were they cause of this tragedy.

Can’t believe he didn’t have the tv licence In a frame on the wall you shower of liars RTEbias

Proposed as random candid shot. In reality all items deliberately staged. plays along, reports it as if it was the former despite the fact, he and not some random photographer released it. Dont ask inportant question but report this irrelevance.RTE serves govt not people

Does the State Have A contract with Mr Men ? Did he have to Phone Dillydale to thank the Mr Men for there Cups

Wtf is he thanking the Chinese for? They created this mess

Seriously RTE? Playing a blinder he is!

'Thank you for killing thousands of Irish people and ruining the world economy. Can we have some defective medical supplies now?' Only people calling for border closures were branded racist and xenophobic. Globalism is killing the world. F-off, RTÉ.

The Mr Men mug !

Not my taoiseach

Is there a money back guarantee ? Any countries that bought this shite off china have returned it due to being faulty

Politics need to be put aside bit in UK, so does woolly, tardy govt advice. TIME FOR A COALITION GOVT.

We wouldn't need the PPE if it wasn't for the chinese . Wet markets still open today in China. They have learned nothing .

Commander in Thief

You are doing an amazing job as our leader. You should keep on leading our country no questions asked.

Who cares about how his desk looks? He is doing a great job!

Thank him? They are the feckers that gave the world the virus then lied about it. Thats why Ireland is who they are. Wake up!!! WUHAN_VIRUS

Thanking a communist regime for significant human rights issues!!! Seriously! What a muppet..

While Doctor's all over the country are fighting to save lives this one is fighting to save his image. Year's of cut backs & lies from his ike will not be forgotten no matter what amount spin he comes up with.

Why don’t you report on the scandal that is our testing procedure instead of this bullshit ?

Who signed off on this? I didn’t realise that we were “keeping up with the Varadkars” Imagine aspiring to become a journalist only to be dealt this.

Seriously ..... this is something I’d expect from the National Enquirer🙄

Left hand. Index and middle finger crossed, I bet.

His cup has a pic on it of one the Mr Men or is it a little Miss I can’t tell

Cut the guy some slack we are in a pandemic!

Where did he get the hand sanitizer? Thought they were sold out.

In the middle of a shit show and this is deemed worthy. Shame on everyone invloved, no wonder the country is a mess.

No Kylie CDs ?

I think the book on the table is, 'how to milk a pandemic while you leave other parties in the cold, and as soon as you finish milking the PR, you form a government and increase they parties popularity, but you take all the credit' it's was written by Mr. PR. Excellent Mr. T. 👏

Is he trying to tell us he’s perfect

Who gives a ff what’s on his bloody desk 🤷‍♀️

I cannot believe people at the top of governments are still using telephone? Surely there is secure video call technology being used by governments?

Bat 🦇 broth ?

I never understand these desk shots....here take a pic of me on the phone will ya? 🤔

The jar of Vaseline.

The Mr Worried mug? I think it’s that one, but your ‘Mr men’ mug does tell a lot about your general mood:)

Good god! Must have been a slow news day!

You would think there is more important news to report on... thanking China for something we paid for...

Does he speak Chinese

In on the 5th count LeoVaradkar

Dildo?

All that detail, and not a word about the “Mr Taoiseach” Mr Men mug?!!

All about the image ....

thank you for some light relief and GOOD ON WHOEVER BOUGHT IT 😁😁

What sort of excuse for news journalism is this shite? This is what the license fee funds, would you ever give your heads a wobble in the news room, there is literally a hundred other things you could report today and this is the fluff you're putting out. Disgraceful.

Look at his screen, his outlook calendar is pretty empty, would have thought it would be full... even as a Caretaker.

They caused this 🙄

wbyeates1 you could do with one of them mugs.... Mr Taoiseach

Whoever wrote this cult piece should be sent home, they are not an essential worker.

The Chinese senting PPE to protect Irish people against their Chinese virus.

The reciept for the shipmemt just in case it is the same as the shite they sent all the other European countries ?

For god sake he let 5000 rugby fans in from Italy and Cheltenham fans back in essence invited a pandemic into the country. airport and ports still open to visitors. People have died because of his inability to led

Thank the arsonist for selling you a fire extinguisher that's out of date. 😑

Staged and we the tax payer will pay for this mess that they could have stopped .China making money off this 🤔 never seen that happing

'Sorry for the late order and we're more than happy to pay more'

'No he is not the messiah he is a very naughty boy' COVID19 Coronavirusireland Covid_19 FG Ireland leovaradkar

Is that Mao’s little red book?

Was he thanking him for the overpriced and substandard PPE or for the disgusting and foul habits of his people and their part in inflicting this pandemic on the world?

The mr men mug?

It’s there fault we have this virus in the first place . Only for that doctor the Chinese would never have told the world. Now she has disappeared? .

Thanking him for the coronavirus? Cheers

If China tidied up their act, maybe we all wouldn’t be in this mess. Why thank Li Keqiang?

Fuck sake are ya that bored you had nothing else to write.

He has a Mr Men mug but I can't tell which one.

Is that an ash tray with a cigarette end in it just past the 3 books with the small green one on top

🤢🤢🤢

Cop on RTE News. Report the news.

Are photographers essential workers?

and a tortoise behind the mindfullness book

Loves an auld photo op and some PR does Leo

If there’s a Chinese person on the other end of that phone then the order has gone in..and it’s “no.27 half chips half rice please”....” ah yes, 10 minit Mr. Teeshock”..

Ye must have cropped out the picture of Maggie Thatcher he has hanging up.

This is fuking sad, were paying 100's of millions for equipment to the Chinese that created the Virus.

Thanking China for the WuhanVirus!

Wtf

LeoVaradkar What a terrible abuse of office and taxpayer funded media for self promotion and propaganda

JCGalway props all over the place & carrying the can for him! This propaganda should be enough to cancel thevTV license right now!

It’s not an iPad, it’s a Microsoft Surface

What kind of horrible person would stage a photo for a few likes in a time likes.

We didn’t miss a thing 😂 We zoomed in and seen everything 😂His Mr Taoiseach Mug 😂 his sanitizer and everything 😂

His ability to lead isn’t there at all. Leave it at home LeoVaradkar for the last 4 years?

slow news day😐

The deliberate “Props” which John Concannon who doesn’t miss a trick made sure was visible? You know to let al the Pixies know what a kind considerate and thoughtful chap NotMyTaoiseach is. Of course ConncannonBots lap this up ..... Everytime. TCOIMH

Struggling with the words ' China...Thank you....' in the same sentence when it comes to all things COVID. Not sure there's a lot to thank them for...but, hey, maybe that just a cynical middle aged man like me!

This desk says weakness too me. Mugs with cartoon characters on it and we fighting for out lives. This man is clearly a sociapath

Clipboard? Everyone pretending to be busy and important has a clipboard... Surely

They gave the whole world Kung flu, they are ranked no 1 at human right abuses, one of the most dirtiest nation in the world, sending out faulty PPE(most likely) and he’s thanking them!!

You report but bury the fact we received assistance from China by focusing on a photo of a desk this is absolutely ridiculous.

Seriously rte you have no shame in the conditioning media you crank out every day. Totally vile, but weirdly hilarious to witness too 😂😂😂😂

They sent us the virus first, and now they are supplying PPE 😕 😕

He's definitely not phoning AIB bank ? after Pearse Dohertys revelations, Doherty is a true man of the people.

What does it say on his Mr men mug

Get of your knees you craven excuse for a news outlet.

Report the news not this drivel. There is a pandemic gripping the world by the throat, and the world has nothing to release its grip. Yet here is RTE News reporting on what is on the Taoiseach’s desk. 🙄😮

I hope they are checking the equipment before using it. Spain and the Czech Republic are throwing out thousands of testing kits sent by China that don’t work properly. Turkey says their Chinese-made kits are yielding inaccurate results while Holland says 50% of its kit is faulty

I'm concerned for the welfare of that goldfish on his windowsill..

I want to know what mister men is on that cup?!?!

Top quality reporting from Rte again. Where would we be without them?

Is this really news?

Was this part of the deal with China? We will sell u life saving equipment as long as u put up some propaganda. You do release China is the source of the Corona virus!!!!

Diary looks pretty bare

Temporarily in charge

Tosser 5th count!! Flip off

Is that Claire Byrne's shed?

They should be donating it to Ireland for free for what they did to Ireland. The Chinks must be laughing at him, they’re loving it.

Wank in his office doing nothing

Think I see a dildo

Open newspaper, computers, books, hand gel dispenser, biro pen, mr men mug ... all point to him being a gobshite.

This is news Go back to sleep.😠

Is he reminding the premier that the CCP are to blame for the deaths of thousands of innocent people around the world? ChinaLiedPeopleaDied

Thanking the Chinese government....was all the PPE free or did I miss something.

RTE looking for something interesting in the photo Leo the 5th released to them? I find it intriguing that he still thinks he's Taoiseach and not just a caretaker. And of course a mug.

Did you miss anything? It's obviously a staged photograph: why not ask John Concannon what he wanted us to see? Then ask yourself if this the sort of game a news organisation ought to be playing.

He's holding the phone upside down 🙄

Sweet Jesus, was somebody paid to write that article ?

What are we, five? You wouldn't see this on Newsround.

That's not a chocolate bar, it's a packet of Lockets! An Taoiseach has the 'Rona!

Is that Gadafi’s Green book on his desk

Yes. He's a bop it addict.

Riviting!

Not sure if hes mug has Mr. Perfect or mr. Daydreamer on it!

You missed stating the fact that this PPE shipment he's thanking the Chinese Communist Party for is bought and paid for by Irish taxpayers' money.

a distinct lack of wiring on the rear of that phone too......unless they drilled a hole under it specifically for the phone and ignored the pre-drilled one

The man is a narcissist of the highest order and using a national emergency as a popularity contest...3rd place party with a fifth count leader

I hope he called him a right waker

Thanking him? For a worldwide pandemic that they covered up since last November For not admitting the person to person infection they knew about since December that had they admitted to would have stopped 95% of COVID19 infections? Ye, Li is a twat

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