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Eileen Whelan (journalist)

Eileen Whelan (born 1964) is an Irish journalist, newsreader and presenter with RTÉ, Ireland's national radio and television station. She hosts The Wicklow Town St. Patricks Day Parade.(Nothing to do with her radio and television things.) As well as her famous roles presenting ', ' and ', as well as all other news bulletins on both radio and television.

Career

Whelan began her career as a newsreader for a radio station in her home town Wicklow and Dublin's Q102. She joined RTÉ, Ireland's national radio and television station in 1989 and presented RTÉ2's News on Two. Whelan relocated to London in 1997 where she worked as a newsreader for Sky News, BBC News and Independent Television News, before returning home to Ireland to become a news reporter for RTÉ News in 2000.

Whelan presents the ' on weekdays and has also presented the ' as a relief presenter.

Personal life

Whelan is married to Larry Donnelly since 2009, a legal research lecturer at National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG), and have two sons together, Seán and Larry Jr.

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