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Leisure and Recreation | Galway City Council

Every page should have a clearly defined heading, known as a "H1" (Heading 1).

A `H1` is the main heading of the page. It helps accessibility by allowing uses to
skip to the main content of the page. It helps all users identify what the page is about. 
It helps SEO by giving special emphasis to the topic of the page.

It is not enough to simply include large text. Headings must be coded 
[semantically](https://html.com/semantic-markup/) as `<h1>` tags, like so:

```html
<h1>This is a heading</h1>
```

Note that headings must contain some machine readable text to be considered valid. 
For example, this heading is not valid:

```html
<h1>
    <img src="company-logo.png">
</h1>
``` 

But with the addition of `alt` text, this heading is valid:

```html
<h1>
    <img src="company-logo.png" alt="About Company Inc.">
</h1>
``` 

Generally we recommend you just use plain text for your headings.
See [Technique H42](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H42) for more details.

missing-h1

February 2026

January 2026

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	Title / URL	Issues
	\| Galway City Councilwww.galwaycity.ie/node?page=1	1
	Your Council \| Galway City Councilwww.galwaycity.ie/services/your-council	1
	\| Galway City Councilwww.galwaycity.ie/node	1
	Pay For... \| Galway City Councilwww.galwaycity.ie/homepage/pay-for	1
	\| Galway City Councilwww.galwaycity.ie/node?page=0	1
	Report It... \| Galway City Councilwww.galwaycity.ie/homepage/report-it	1
	Gnó agus Geilleagar \| Galway City Councilwww.galwaycity.ie/ga/services/gno-agus-geilleager	1
	Déan Iarratais... \| Galway City Councilwww.galwaycity.ie/ga/abhaile/dean-iarratais	1
	Leisure and Recreation \| Galway City Councilwww.galwaycity.ie/services/leisure-and-recreation	1
	\| Galway City Councilwww.galwaycity.ie/node?page=4	1

Ensure every page contains a top-level heading

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