Motor Tax | Laois County Council

News search | Laois County Council

Severe Weather Ready Guide | Laois County Council

Kite Workshop | Laois County Council

Christmas Coffee Morning | Laois County Council

Crochet Classes | Laois County Council

Water Reports | Laois County Council

Newsroom | Laois County Council

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

Laois County Council

	Title / URL	Issues
	Motor Tax \| Laois County Councillaois.ie/finance/motor-tax/motor-tax	1
	News search \| Laois County Councillaois.ie/news/search?f%5B0%5D=dept%3A458	1
	Severe Weather Ready Guide \| Laois County Councillaois.ie/newsroom/2025/severe-weather-ready-guide	1
	Kite Workshop \| Laois County Councillaois.ie/events/kite-workshop	1
	Christmas Coffee Morning \| Laois County Councillaois.ie/events/christmas-coffee-morning	1
	Crochet Classes \| Laois County Councillaois.ie/events/crochet-classes	1
	News search \| Laois County Councillaois.ie/news/search?f%5B0%5D=dept%3A150	1
	Water Reports \| Laois County Councillaois.ie/water/statistics-and-reports/water-reports	1
	News search \| Laois County Councillaois.ie/news/search?f%5B0%5D=category%3A466	1
	Newsroom \| Laois County Councillaois.ie/newsroom?page=6	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Laois County Council

Where this issue has occurred