TV review: Cork fisherman meets 'the salt of the earth' in Faraway Fields

Johnny  Walsh undertakes a journey to see if he can survive in one of the world’s poorest countries: The Republic of the Gambia off the west coast of Africa

Kinsale Skipper Johnny Walsh on board one of the Gambian fishing boats in Faraway Fields – The Hardest Harvest.

Fishing is a challenge, a big gambling game, Johnny Walsh says at the start of new RTÉ documentary series Faraway Fields.

“Left or right, east or west, is the difference between a cracking year and an average one.”