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• March Virtual Breakfast Meeting

  • When
    Tuesday, March 24, 2026
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    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  IBO March Virtual Breakfast Meeting

  Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at 8:00 AM

  Irish America Today

  Professor Liam Kennedy

  Full Professor of American Studies

  Clinton Institute for American Studies

  University College Dublin

  
  

  
  

  This presentation is based on research by Professor Kennedy on contemporary Irish America. It draws on an online survey which has 5,000+ responses to date and on 120 interviews with Americans of Irish descent. The focus is on questions of identity, demography, politics and views on Ireland.

  
  

  Please consider listening to Professor's Kennedy recent Irish Times Inside Politics podcast.  Click the link below.

  
  

  The Modern Face of Irish America

  
  

  
  

  Come prepared to share your details in the virtual chat with everyone in attendance and in our follow-up email.

  Everyone is welcome! No cost to attend.

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

  
  

  ABOUT LIAM KENNEDY:

  Professor Liam Kennedy is director of the Clinton Institute for American Studies at University College Dublin. He has diverse research interests and teaching experiences, spanning the fields of American cultural and media studies, globalization, diaspora and Irish-US relations.
  

  
  

  
  

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• IBO Coffee Connections | March 2026

  • When
    Tuesday, March 31, 2026
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    8:00 AM
  • Location
    Bank of Ireland NYC Hub & On Zoom

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  IBO Coffee Connections | March 2026

  Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 8:00 AM

  Members Only | $10 per person

  
  

  Join us for IBO Coffee Connections - our new networking event!

  Start your day by meeting fellow members for a structured breakfast networking session.

  Not an IBO Member? Join Today!

  

  There are two ways to join: in-person or online via Zoom. Coffee and light refreshments will be served at the in-person event.
  

  
  

  (OPTION 1) IN PERSON: Bank of Ireland NYC Hub

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

  Photo ID Required at Check-In | Must Arrive by 7:50 AM
  

  (OPTION 2) VIRTUAL: On Zoom

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

  
  

  Limited space available for both in-person and virtual. "Commit-to-Attend" registrations so please RSVP only if you are 100% sure you can attend. Registration will be closed once we reach capacity.

  At this time, switching options can not be accommodated.

  NOTE: These are two separate networking events happening at the same time - not a hybrid meeting. There is NO Zoom link to the in-person event.

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• April Evening Event

  • When
    Wednesday, April 15, 2026
  •  
    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 April Evening Event

  Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM

  Bank of Ireland NYC Hub

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

  Members FREE | Nonmembers $20

  Photo ID Required at Check-In | Must Arrive by 6:30 PM

  
  

  Once You See It, You Can't Unsee It

  From Breaking News to Exposing Employment Inequity and Fraud in Financial Markets: One Journalist's Career in New York City

  
  

  Kristen Shaughnessy

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Irish Stew podcast S3E10:

  Kristen Shaughnessy: Journalist, Storyteller, Anti-Ageism Advocate

  

  CLICK HERE FOR STREAMING OPTIONS

  
  

  ABOUT KRISTEN SHAUGHNESSY

  After a 30 plus year career as an anchor/reporter Kristen Shaughnessy is now an independent journalist exposing fraud in the financial market and fighting for trade settlement and market reform. Her work is largely on X at @kshaughnessy2.

  She was an anchor/reporter at NY1 for 26 years. She was named to Irish America's Magazine's Top 100" list and was chosen as one of the "Top 50 Irish American Power Women and "Top Media 30".

  She was reporting live from the World Trade Center on September 11 when the first tower fell and took part in an upcoming documentary for the 25th anniversary. Her series for the 15th anniversary won a NYS Associated Press award.

  In the final years of her television career Kristen and four of her female colleagues took on the fight to make sure female journalists are valued for their hard work, experience and institutional knowledge.

  Their case made headlines in countries around the world, including Brazil and China. They are often asked to speak to small and large groups and have mentored countless women and men at various stages in their careers.

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