Personal Life
Whelan lives in Malahide, County Dublin with his wife, Maria, one of six children. The couple have two children, Jessica (born 1990) and Thomas (born 1993). They met in 1974. They dated for ten years and married on 13 August 1985. At the time they were both living at home, her with her parents, Tom and Kathleen, in Beaumont, Dublin and him with his mother, Lilly, and his father, John, who is deceased. Whelan's wife gave up her job as an air hostess with Aer Lingus upon their marriage.
Whelan's interests include badminton, rugby, DIY and football. In his spare time he likes to play indoor football with some of his colleagues at RTÉ, and is also a founding member of the Donaghmede Badminton Club.
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