online-safety

First time visit: View without clicking anything

governance

tv-radio-on-demand

report-complain

about

invented-url-for-404-page

media-development

something-i-saw-or-experienced-online

what-we-do

When specifying accessible names via `aria-labelledby`, ensure that the 
label elements exist.

## Explanation

Accessible names are required for many parts of a page, including form controls.
One way to accomplish this is to use `aria-labelledby` to specify the ID or IDs of 
other elements which contain a label. For example:

```html
<h2 id="dialog-labell">Important message!</h2>
<dialog aria-labelledby="dialog-label">
```

In this example, the `aria-labelledby` for the `<dialog>` points to an ID of `dialog-label`,
which doesn't exist. The heading it refers to instead has an ID of `dialog-labell`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible name is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a label, but
that label is missing.

When a label is broken, it may be impossible for a user of assistive technologies
to understand what that element does.

missing-aria-labelled-by

February 2026

January 2026

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI)

	Title / URL	Issues
	online-safetywww.cnam.ie/general-public/online-safety/	1
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.cnam.ie/	1
	governancewww.cnam.ie/governance/	1
	tv-radio-on-demandwww.cnam.ie/general-public/tv-radio-on-demand/	1
	report-complainwww.cnam.ie/general-public/report-complain/	1
	aboutwww.cnam.ie/about/	1
	invented-url-for-404-pagewww.cnam.ie/invented-url-for-404-page	1
	media-developmentwww.cnam.ie/general-public/media-development/	1
	something-i-saw-or-experienced-onlinewww.cnam.ie/general-public/report-complain/something-i-saw-or-experienced-online/	1
	what-we-dowww.cnam.ie/about/what-we-do/	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI)

Where this issue has occurred