The Presidential Age Referendum: It never stood a chance

POOR Amendment 35. Before we move on in the new post-marriage referendum Ireland, spare a thought for the ‘Presidential Age’ one.

One of History’s also-rans. If the marriage equality referendum was Italia 90, then the Age referendum was a fringe squad player who got injured in a meaningless friendly against Azerbaijan in May of that year, fell out of love with the game and now works in a property management company. But he still keeps his Ireland caps in the pedestal of his office desk.

It never stood a chance. When people realised first there actually was a presidential age referendum, there was a sort of exasperated snort.