Referendums are time-consuming, politically risky, expensive and often divisive. Most democracies don’t use them to amend their constitutions. Ireland should consider becoming more normal in how it changes its constitution. Today’s column.

BREAKING: MACROOM BYPASS APPROVED BY GOVERNMENT

.Conor.mortimer ⚽️ Noel Anderson

But first let me note that as usual this is very good from Jennifer O'Connell irishtimes.com/opinion/jennif…

Are you from Mayo? Do you believe? We do. soundcloud.com/offtheball/may…

How the west might soon be lost on.ft.com/2dgs5ye

Gorgeous. x.com/dionfanning/st…

The boy I thought in the good ould days in The Sem still has that lovely smile & sense of humour. Michael Fassbender

Nine out of ten poorest areas in Northern Europe are in the UK.

'I'll give YOU a scenario, Donaghy! There were 4 balls kicked in and you won f*** all of 'em!' When Jack came back irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/excl…

Trump got fewer votes than either Romney or McCain. It was a collapsed Democrat vote that gave him the election. x.com/yanagiz/status…

Worth 65 seconds of anyone's time. x.com/ValaAfshar/sta…

British public split down middle on Brexit deal, immigration 43% vs single market 42% ComRes for The Independent @TheSundayMirror

Extraordinary letter from FT. #Brexit

Donald Trump "has exploited ... the human impulse to be swayed more by story than by fact" nyti.ms/2hsJl9o via New York Times Opinion

Very useful piece: 45 years of terrorist attacks in Europe, visualized. washingtonpost.com/graphics/world…

This editorial in SPIEGEL English is jaw-dropping. It calls for a German-led international alliance against Trump. spiegel.de/international/…

This is brilliant from AustinStacksGAA with particular kudos to messrs Cullen and Kelliher: stacks100.ie/mikey-sheehy-1…

The curtain comes down RTE's #SixNations coverage. Thank you for watching. Go easy! #RTErugby

Met the very impressive All-Ireland Debating Champions from Sacred Heart Secondary School #Clonakilty. Congratualtions Laura, Maebh, Natasha, and Caoimhe - with @voteTimLombard