Cead Pleanála | Carlow Co Co

Climate Action | Carlow Co Co

Privacy Policy | Carlow Co Co

Tourism | Carlow Co Co

Rural Water | Carlow Co Co

URDF - Urban Regeneration and Development Fund | Carlow Co Co

Business and Economy | Carlow Co Co

Community Participation | Carlow Co Co

Your Council | Carlow Co Co

News | Carlow Co Co

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

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December 2025

November 2025

Carlow County Council

Title / URL	Issues
Cead Pleanála \| Carlow Co Cocarlow.ie/ga/cead-pleanala	3
Climate Action \| Carlow Co Cocarlow.ie/environment/climate-action	3
Privacy Policy \| Carlow Co Cocarlow.ie/ga/node/1353	3
Tourism \| Carlow Co Cocarlow.ie/ga/node/17	3
Rural Water \| Carlow Co Cocarlow.ie/water/rural-water	3
URDF - Urban Regeneration and Development Fund \| Carlow Co Cocarlow.ie/ga/node/1724	3
Business and Economy \| Carlow Co Cocarlow.ie/ga/node/3	3
Community Participation \| Carlow Co Cocarlow.ie/ga/node/1164	3
Your Council \| Carlow Co Cocarlow.ie/ga/node/1577	3
News \| Carlow Co Cocarlow.ie/ga/node/1130	3

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Carlow County Council

Where this issue has occurred