Older People | Meath.ie

Road Network Management | Meath.ie

Economic and Enterprise Team | Meath.ie

Municipal District Meetings | Meath.ie

Burial Grounds | Meath.ie

How do I? | Meath.ie

Dogs | Meath.ie

Discover the Boyne Valley | Meath.ie

Road Safety | Meath.ie

Your Council | Meath.ie

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

May 2025

April 2025

Meath County Council

Title / URL	Issues
Older People \| Meath.iewww.meath.ie/council/council-services/community/older-people	1
Road Network Management \| Meath.iewww.meath.ie/council/council-services/roads-and-travel/road-network-management	1
Economic and Enterprise Team \| Meath.iewww.meath.ie/business/economic-development/economic-and-enterprise-team	1
Municipal District Meetings \| Meath.iewww.meath.ie/council/your-council/your-elected-council/municipal-district-meetings	1
Burial Grounds \| Meath.iewww.meath.ie/council/council-services/environment/burial-grounds	1
How do I? \| Meath.iewww.meath.ie/council/council-services/libraries/how-do-i	1
Dogs \| Meath.iewww.meath.ie/council/council-services/environment/control-of-animals/dogs	1
Discover the Boyne Valley \| Meath.iewww.meath.ie/discover/discover-the-boyne-valley	1
Road Safety \| Meath.iewww.meath.ie/council/council-services/roads-and-travel/road-safety	1
Your Council \| Meath.iewww.meath.ie/council/your-council	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Meath County Council

Where this issue has occurred