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This week’s broadcast of Eye on Travel is getting into the St. Patrick’s Day spirit a little early from The Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin. We also filmed in Dublin for our next global television special, Hidden Ireland, which premieres on PBS on March 17th (check your local listings). I have all the travel updates, ranging from the fallout from the tragic killing of two American tourists in Mexico; The federal court decision overturning the requirement of the FAA to come up with new standards as to what constitutes a safe airline seat; And the truth about useless upgrade certificates and vouchers from Delta. Patrick Roycroft, from the National Museum of Ireland, goes for a deep genealogical dive to determine if I have any Irish roots. Eugene Garrihy, on his trip by boat with me to see the Cliffs of Moher from a totally different perspective; Simon O’Connor, Director of Museum of Literature Ireland on the country’s modern literary renaissance. And Rosco O’Callaghan, Photographer and Cinematographer, Creator of the Paddy Irishman, a new exhibition opening in a few days in New York, shares why and how he is challenging the stereotype of the Paddy Irishman through his work. There’s all this and more from Dublin on this week’s Eye on Travel.