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• September Virtual Breakfast Meeting

  • When
    Tuesday, September 23, 2025
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    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  IBO September Virtual Breakfast Meeting

  Tuesday, September 23 2025 at 8:00 AM

  Navigating the New Immigration Climate

  Guest Speaker John Stahl

  Director of Immigration Legal Services, Emerald Isle Immigration Center

  

  
  

  Join us on Zoom for our lively monthly gathering. As always, we'll network with each other and enjoy the wisdom and insight of our featured guests. Everyone is welcome! No cost to attend.

  Zoom link provided with RSVP confirmation and again on the morning of the meeting.

  ABOUT JOHN STAHL:

  John A. Stahl, Esq. currently serves as the Director of Immigration Legal Services at the Emerald Isle Immigration Center (EIIC). He oversees the immigration legal services staff at the EIIC Queens and Bronx offices. He joined the EIIC thirty years ago as a part-time citizenship counselor while studying law at St. John’s University in Queens, NY.

  After finishing law school, he became a full-time immigration counselor and, when admitted to the New York State Bar, the first staff attorney. He has held the position of Immigration Legal Services Director for the last eighteen years. He also currently works as a part-time immigration legal consultant for the national Coalition of Irish Immigration Centers (CIIC).

  A Queens, NY native, he holds a BA in Political Science from Binghamton University.  Prior to heading legal services at EIIC, Stahl was an associate counsel at Mark N. Fish & Associates and has also worked as an immigration counselor at the Hellenic-American Neighborhood Action Committee. John Stahl is a member of the National Immigration Law Project and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), New York Chapter. 

  
  

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• October Evening Event

  • When
    Wednesday, October 08, 2025
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    6:00 PM
  • Location
    Bank of Ireland NYC Hub, 2 Grand Central Tower, 140 E 45th Street, 41st Floor, New York

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  IBO October Evening Event

  Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM

  Bank of Ireland NYC Hub

  2 Grand Central Tower, 140 E 45th Street, 41st Floor

  
  

  Agenda TBA

  In addition to our speaker to be announced, we will be swearing in our new board officers and committee chairs.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Members FREE | Nonmembers $20
  

  
  

  *NOTE: Due to enhanced security measures at the Bank of Ireland NYC Hub, all IBO meeting attendees must be checked in no later than 6:30 p.m.

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• October Virtual Breakfast Meeting

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    Tuesday, October 28, 2025
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    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  IBO October Virtual Breakfast Meeting

  Tuesday, October 28 2025 at 8:00 AM

  Highlighting The Irish Workhouse Centre In Portumna, County Galway Ireland

  The Irish Workhouse System, The Most Hated Institution In Irish History

  
  

  The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger, and the Irish Potato Famine, was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland lasting from 1845 to 1852 and beyond, that constituted a historical social crisis and had a major impact on Irish society and history.

  At one time there were 163 workhouses in total. The Irish Workhouse Centre is one of only a few workhouses that survived intact and serves as a workhouse museum in Portumna, on the Galway/Tipperary boarder. 

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  Join us on Zoom for our lively monthly gathering. As always, we'll network with each other and enjoy the wisdom and insight of our featured guest. Everyone is welcome! No cost to attend.

  Zoom link provided with RSVP confirmation and again on the morning of the meeting.

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  A RELATED EVENT OF INTEREST

  Irish Workhouse Centre – Campaign Launch & Reception

  Wednesday, November 5, 2025 | 6 – 8 PM

  Bank of Ireland Hub, 2 Grand Central Tower, 140 E 45th St, New York, NY 10017

  
  

  Keynote Speaker: Professor Christine Kinealy, Quinnipiac University

  Cocktail reception, lecture, and launch of the Famine Workhouse Centre Campaign, in support of the Irish Workhouse Centre in Portumna, County Galway. All funds raised will be applied to the much-needed renovation of the former dining hall and chapel in the workhouse. We look forward to a thoughtful, engaging presentation by Keynote Speaker Professor Christine Kinealy, Professor of History at Quinnipiac University.

  For more information or to RSVP, contact Mary Reed at mary@irishworkhousecentre.ie.

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  ABOUT OUR GUEST SPEAKERS:

  Mary Reed

  US Campaign Director, Irish Workhouse Centre

  IBO Member

  New York City Area

  Martin Sheil 

  Chair of the Board, Irish Workhouse Centre

  Recently retired from the Department of Education

  County Galway, Ireland

  Dr. Christy Cunniffe

  Board Member, Irish Workhouse Centre

  Director of Southeast Galway Integrated Rural Development Company Clg. 

  Voluntary museum curator at the Irish Workhouse Centre. Retired Community Archaeologist with Galway County Council.

  County Galway, Ireland

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• November Evening Event

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    Wednesday, November 12, 2025
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    6:00 PM

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  IBO November Evening Event

  Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM

  Venue & Agenda TBA

  
  

  
  

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• November Virtual Breakfast Meeting

  • When
    Tuesday, November 25, 2025
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    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  IBO November Virtual Breakfast Meeting

  Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM

  Building a Global Irish Ecosystem: The Power of Connection, Visibility, and Community

  Presented by We Are Global Irish

   Jackie Gilna - Founder & CEO

  Jordan Millar - Head of Media & Marketing 

  
  

  
  

  Join We Are Global Irish for a powerful discussion on how they’re uniting Irish businesses, organizations, and networks to build a collaborative global Irish ecosystem. Discover how this growing global network is connecting Irish entrepreneurs, professionals, and organizations across borders - and how your business can get involved! 

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  Join us on Zoom for our lively monthly gathering. As always, we'll network with each other and enjoy the wisdom and insight of our featured guests. Everyone is welcome! No cost to attend.

  Zoom link provided with RSVP confirmation and again on the morning of the meeting.

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  ABOUT WE ARE GLOBAL IRISH

  Launched in February 2024, We Are Global Irish is a B2B Economic Development Corporation creating a community where businesses, the Irish abroad, the Irish diaspora, and those interested in our goods and services can come together to strengthen the Global Irish ecosystem. By joining together, we create a community where our businesses can trade, share knowledge, establish valuable relationships, forge new pathways to success, and support one another by creating new opportunities! 

  ● Website: https://weareglobalirish.com 

  ● LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/we-are-global-irish 

  ● Get Involved: https://weareglobalirish.com/supporters/ 

  
  

  
  

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