Restoring Stormont is the key issue for a majority of voters in the upcoming council election, a Belfast Live poll suggests.
Two-thirds (66%) of readers surveyed said reviving the power-sharing institutions was the "main issue" they would be voting on.
The second-biggest issue was Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol and the Windsor Framework, which almost 29% said would be their key concern when voting on Thursday.
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Council-focused matters, represented through the two other options available of bin collections and leisure centres, were the main issue for just 5% of those polled.
Around 1,100 votes were cast for each question in the poll which has been running over recent weeks during the local government election campaign.
More than 47% said concern over the size of their rates bill would affect how they vote, while almost 44% said it would not affect their vote and around 9% were unsure.
Almost 59% said the cost-of-living crisis would impact the way they vote, 37% said it wouldn't and 4% did not know.
A vast majority of 86% of those who engaged with the poll plan to vote in the election on May 18. Around 6% said they would not vote and almost 8% were unsure.
The election comes after more than a year without a functioning Stormont Executive, which the DUP is blocking in protest against post-Brexit trade barriers under the Northern Ireland Protocol.
While the UK Government negotiated the Windsor Framework with the EU in a bid to address issues, the DUP said the deal does not "adequately address" its concerns.
During their manifesto launch last week, DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson pledged to continue to "stand firm" until the party had "properly secured and protected" Northern Ireland's place within the UK.
All 462 council seats are being contested across 80 district electoral areas covering Northern Ireland's 11 councils.
The local government poll was pushed back by two weeks to avoid the counting of votes clashing with the coronation of King Charles.
Opinion polls suggest Sinn Féin could be on course to overtake the DUP to become the largest party in local government in Northern Ireland.
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