Race | IHREC - English

Homepage | IHREC - English

Publications | IHREC - English

Education | IHREC - English

Disability | IHREC - English

Page Not Found | IHREC - English

Housing | IHREC - English

News & Press | IHREC - English

Pubs | IHREC - English

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.

list-not-following-semantics

January 2026

December 2025

Irish, human Rights and Equality Commission

Title / URL	Issues
Race \| IHREC - Englishwww.ihrec.ie/your-rights/race	1
Homepage \| IHREC - Englishwww.ihrec.ie/	1
Publications \| IHREC - Englishwww.ihrec.ie/publications	1
Education \| IHREC - Englishwww.ihrec.ie/your-rights/age/education	1
Disability \| IHREC - Englishwww.ihrec.ie/your-rights/disability	1
Page Not Found \| IHREC - Englishwww.ihrec.ie/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Housing \| IHREC - Englishwww.ihrec.ie/your-rights/age/housing	1
News & Press \| IHREC - Englishwww.ihrec.ie/news-press	1
Pubs \| IHREC - Englishwww.ihrec.ie/your-rights/civil-status/pubs	1
Pubs \| IHREC - Englishwww.ihrec.ie/your-rights/race/pubs	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Irish, human Rights and Equality Commission

Where this issue has occurred