Faculty of Arts | Mary Immaculate College

Postgraduates | Mary Immaculate College

International | Mary Immaculate College

The Mary Immaculate College Podcast | Mary Immaculate College

MIC Insights | Mary Immaculate College

College Sport | Mary Immaculate College

Latest News & Events | Mary Immaculate College

Find your Programme at MIC

Faculty of Education | Mary Immaculate College

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

Mary Immaculate College, Limerick

Title / URL	Issues
Faculty of Arts \| Mary Immaculate Collegewww.mic.ul.ie/faculty-of-arts	2
Postgraduates \| Mary Immaculate Collegewww.mic.ul.ie/study-at-mic/postgraduates	2
International \| Mary Immaculate Collegewww.mic.ul.ie/international	1
The Mary Immaculate College Podcast \| Mary Immaculate Collegewww.mic.ul.ie/life-at-mic/podcasts	1
MIC Insights \| Mary Immaculate Collegewww.mic.ul.ie/mic-insights	1
College Sport \| Mary Immaculate Collegewww.mic.ul.ie/life-at-mic/college-sport	1
Latest News & Events \| Mary Immaculate Collegewww.mic.ul.ie/news	1
Find your Programme at MICwww.mic.ul.ie/programmes	1
Faculty of Education \| Mary Immaculate Collegewww.mic.ul.ie/faculty-of-education	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Mary Immaculate College, Limerick

Where this issue has occurred