In writer and director Edward Burns’s latest film The Fitzgerald Family Christmas, he returns to his roots and tells the story of an Irish American family facing a dramatic Christmas reunion. But it’s also a reunion of sorts for the original The Brothers McMullen cast – Connie Britton and Mike McGlone are back with starring roles. Cahir O'Doherty talks to Burns about the film, his Irish heritage and the Long Island Irish neighborhoods still reeling from Hurricane Sandy. Read more