Brendan Gleeson narrated fish film served on piers around the country

The director of The Atlantic, a new Brendan Gleeson-narrated documentary about the struggle for resources in three Atlantic communities, has been launched with screenings on piers in Irish fishing villages.

Director Risteárd Ó Domhnaill has been touring West Cork and Kerry in a mobile cinema to bring the documentary, which successfully raised nearly €50,000 in crowdfunding before the Irish Film Board agreed to match what he had raised, to the communities he feels are most affected by the issues in the film.

The film tells the story of fishermen from Ireland, Newfoundland, and Norway as they battle with falling fishing quotas, super-trawlers, oil explorations that jeopardise spawning grounds and indifferent politicians to preserve their way of life.