Michael Brennan on the campaign trail: Northern elections result to hinge on bread and butter issues

Despite unionist calls for a change to the Northern Protocol and Sinn Féin pushing for a border poll, canvassers on the ground are finding voters more exercised about the cost of living

SDLP candidate Adam Gannon out canvassing ahead of the Assembly election on May 5: ‘I can count in single figures the number of times I’ve been asked about the protocol in the past few months, and I’ve spoken to thousands of people’. Picture: Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker