COMMENT: Not about Garth Brooks. Honest.

The Garth Brooks story must be manna from heaven for anyone trying to fill column inches or broadcast news airtime as we head into the silly season.

Its impact is such that it has relegated things like Cabinet reshuffles to second place on the headlines. It's unlikely however that the other Ireland/US relations story this week might ever have made it to the headlines, even though it could affect many people, and there ...