Irish Examiner view: Real issues cross political divide

As the assembly elections in the North approach, both Sinn Féin and the DUP are campaigning on issues that appeal across the board to voters

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald and the party's leader in the North, Michelle O'Neill. Ms McDonald has appealed to unionists to create a 'partnership' in her party’s efforts to build a new Ireland. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

When it comes to elections of late, the phrase ‘the most important in a generation’ seems to be bandied about with considerable elan.

That is most certainly the case when it comes to the assembly elections in the North on May 5, when it is predicted that politics in the six counties will reach an inflection point and end a century in which the largest party came from the unionist community.