Athletics Ireland is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020.
This accessibility statement applies to www.athleticsireland.ie.
Athletics Ireland have started their journey towards full digital accessibility. We are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability, and we are currently working with IA Labs and NCBI to ensure we meet accessibility standards. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone and adhering to the required accessibility standards.
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities.
This site had been made to accomodate as many users as possible. The site is made to conform to standards laid down by W3C and validates as XHTML Transitional, CSS and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Level A. We recommend using a modern browser such as Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer 6 that adhere to CSS standard to view this site. Additional features on this site such as live bookmarks can only be exploited with a modern web browser such as Firefox, Opera or Internet Explorer 7. (note: Internet Explorer 7 is still in Beta testing)
The text used on this website has been designed to scale up for visually impaired users without loss of presentation. Resizing the text can be done by increasing the base font of your browser.
To increase the size of text in Netscape 6+, select View > Text Size > Larger or press Ctrl++ Please Note: increasing the size of the text will affect the page layout.
To increase the size of text in Windows Explorer 5+, select View > Text Size > Larger/Largest.
Keyboard/Screen reader navigation – is not yet accessible on parts of the website.
Skip to content link – is not yet implemented on every webpage.
Images – we are currently working through images to add contextual alternative text.
Forms – we are currently working on accessibility validation and error handling focus.
Videos – we are working on adding subtitles and text transcripts to all videos.
Tables – we are working to create correctly labelled and accessible tables.
Link text – we are working to remove “click here”, “read more” and any other link labels that do not give context. We will use a unique link name when possible or an ARIA label.
Correctly structured content with good heading usage – we are creating logical heading structures on our pages.
Cross operating system compatibility and mobile navigation – has not yet been implemented in every section. We are currently updating CSS for desktop and mobile.
Document accessibility – has not yet been implemented. If you require an accessible document, please contact us using the email address at the end of this document.
The Statement was prepared by IA Labs where IA Labs performed a blend of manual and automated accessibility tests using multiple platforms Windows (JAWS, NVDA), Mac (VoiceOver), iOS (VoiceOver) and Android (TalkBack) and their native accessibility tools. A detailed issue log was created to measure against WCAG 2.1 standards. These issues were presented to the development team who are amending these issues and bringing the website in to WCAG 2.1 AA compliance.
This statement was created by IA Labs in September 2023.
The statement was last reviewed in September 2023.
If you find any problems not listed on this page, contact marketing@athleticsireland.ie
If you are not happy with our response or if you want to raise an accessibility issue that is not related to this website, you can make a complaint via the contact page: https://www.athleticsireland.ie/contact-us/
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