Skillnet Ireland Strategy 2021-2025 | Skillnet Ireland

Delivering on EU Skills Priorities | Skillnet Ireland

Insights | Skillnet Ireland

Publications | Skillnet Ireland

Lifelong Learning | Skillnet Ireland

Agriculture / Agri-food Sector | Skillnet Ireland

Your Business | Skillnet Ireland

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Our People | Skillnet Ireland

Green Economy | Skillnet Ireland

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

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Title / URL	Issues
Skillnet Ireland Strategy 2021-2025 \| Skillnet Irelandwww.skillnetireland.ie/strategy-2025	1
Delivering on EU Skills Priorities \| Skillnet Irelandwww.skillnetireland.ie/about-us/eu-projects	1
Insights \| Skillnet Irelandwww.skillnetireland.ie/insights	1
Publications \| Skillnet Irelandwww.skillnetireland.ie/corporate-publications	1
Lifelong Learning \| Skillnet Irelandwww.skillnetireland.ie/life-long-learning	1
Agriculture / Agri-food Sector \| Skillnet Irelandwww.skillnetireland.ie/sectors/agriculture	1
Your Business \| Skillnet Irelandwww.skillnetireland.ie/your-business	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.skillnetireland.ie/	1
Our People \| Skillnet Irelandwww.skillnetireland.ie/about-us/people	1
Green Economy \| Skillnet Irelandwww.skillnetireland.ie/sectors/green-economy	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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