Seán Whelan | |
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Nationality | Irish |
Education |
University College Dublin, National Institute for Higher Education |
Occupation | Journalist |
Notable credit | RTÉ News |
Sean Whelan is an Irish journalist. He is the RTÉ News Washington correspondent since February 2022. [1] He previously was the London correspondent, Europe Editor and Economics Correspondent for RTÉ News. [2]
He graduated from University College Dublin with a degree in History and Politics. [3] He then obtained a postgraduate in journalism from the National Institute for Higher Education. [4]
Whelan joined RTÉ in 1991 at the same time as Mark Little, Rachael English and Paul Reynolds. [5] He worked in a number of areas, such as the Foreign Desk. [6] He has reported from wars in Bosnia and Kosovo and on the return of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China. [3]
He was based in Brussels from 1999. [6] In 2001, he became Europe Correspondent, [7] and was appointed Europe Editor in 2003. [6] After the resignation of George Lee as Economics Editor to begin a career in politics, Whelan became Economics Correspondent. [8]
In March 2019, it was announced that he would succeed Fiona Mitchell as the London correspondent for RTÉ News. [9]
On 21 January 2022, it was announced by RTÉ that Whelan would succeed Brian O'Donovan as the new Washington correspondent from February 2022. [10]