Sean Whelan

Who is Sean Whelan?

Sean Whelan is an Irish journalist. He is a former Europe Editor for RTÉ News and Current Affairs. He is currently Economics Correspondent with RTÉ.

He graduated from University College Dublin with a degree in History and Politics. He then obtained a postgraduate in journalism from the National Institute for Higher Education.

Whelan joined RTÉ in 1991 at the same time as Mark Little, Rachael English and Paul Reynolds. He worked in a number of areas, such as the Foreign Desk. He has reported from wars in Bosnia and Kosovo and on the return of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.

He became based in Brussels from 1999. In 2001 he became Europe Correspondent, and was appointed Europe Editor in 2003. After the resignation of George Lee as Economics Editor to begin a career in politics, Whelan became Economics Correspondent.