 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1987 na1988, Whelan akabatanidza Eurosong Irish inopisa yeEurovision Song Contest pamwe chete naMaxi. RTÉ yakapa basa remutauriri kune vakasiyana vatambi pakati pa1988 na1999 kusanganisira Mike Murphy, Ronan Collins, Jimmy Greeley naPat Kenny. Mumatsutso a1999, Pat Kenny akasarudza kusadzoka saMutauriri. Zvinonzi Gerry Ryan uyo akanga atambira makwikwi muna 1994 ndiye aifarirwa neRTÉ nokuda kwebasa racho. Zvisinei, zvakaziviswa gare gare kuti RTÉ yaizopa basa racho kuna Whelan. Whelan akadzoka kuzotsanangurira Ireland pa 2000 Contest, iyo yakaitwa muSweden uye inoramba ichipa tsanangudzo yeRTÉ kubvira muna 2000. 