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Sean Whelan

Washington Correspondent

U2 'incredibly grateful' to receive US culture award

Dublin rock supergroup U2 are "incredibly grateful" after being awarded one of America's most prestigious cultural awards, a Kennedy Center Honor.
US • 05 Dec 22

Biden and Macron focus on Ukraine and green subsidies

They want to avoid a trade war and are determined to press on with their support for a real war in defence of Ukraine. Those are the two big takeaways from the state visit of the President of France to the United States.
World • 02 Dec 22

Climate change – where the rubber hits the road

Analysis and Comment • 28 Nov 22

What has gone wrong with the Colorado River?

A grave water shortage resulting from the overuse of the main water supply and global warming reducing the inflow of new water, has led to cutbacks in the amount of water being allocated to the states that depend on the Colorado River, writes Sean Whelan.
US • 18 Nov 22

Trump's 'big announcement' was no surprise

In a move that surprised absolutely nobody, Donald Trump has declared his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination for the US Presidential election of 2024.
Analysis and Comment • 16 Nov 22

What we learned from the US mid-term elections

Joe Biden and the Democrats did much better than expected. Donald Trump and the Republicans did much worse than expected. But what else happened in the mid-term elections?
Analysis and Comment • 13 Nov 22

What happened to the Republican 'red wave'?

Analysts are still trying to put their finger on exactly why support seemed to swing away from Republicans to such an extent.
Analysis and Comment • 09 Nov 22

US midterms: All eyes on Arizona as counting begins

Washington Correspondent Sean Whelan visits Arizona, where all eyes are on the counting of ballots in the US midterms election.
US • 03 Nov 22

US midterms: Pennsylvania the key battleground state

The US midterm elections take place on 8 November – so called because they fall in the middle of a four-year presidential term and are widely seen as a test of a president's popularity.
US • 19 Oct 22

Economic co-operation between EU, US 'at a new high'

Minster for Finance Paschal Donohoe has said economic co-operation between Ireland, the European Union and the United States is at a new high point.
World • 15 Oct 22

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