Garth: It's a 'simple yes' from authorities for five gigs

Country music superstar Garth Brooks has offered to swim, fly or crawl to Ireland for a meeting with the Irish premier Enda Kenny to get his cancelled comeback extravaganza back on.

In a press conference streamed online from Nashville, Tennessee, the singer said the planning system for concerts in Ireland should be set aside to let the controversial five night run go-ahead after licences were refused.