Údarás na Gaeltachta Social Enterprise

We worked with Údarás na Gaeltachta to build their new Social Enterprise website. A key element of the design and build for the Údarás was that the website would be highly accessible. The website is highly usable and accessible for people of all abilities, but also both beautiful and impactful.

There are several areas which the site excels in accessibility:

The website is fully bilingual with alt text for images provided in both Irish and English.

A ‘skip to content’ link is included on all pages allowing users to bypass the navigation menu and go straight to the main content of the page. This makes it more efficient for users who rely on keyboard navigation and assistive technologies.

An audio-visual text transcript has been provided as an alternate to the video. This makes it accessible for a broader range of users such as those with visual impairments or who are deaf-blind.

On internal pages we have included an ‘On this page’ anchor menu so users can quickly scan and find out page content.

The site is fully accessible by keyboard, all interactive elements contain keyboard focus states and proper tab order structure.

The site is image rich with bespoke image modules curated for each case study. This benefits people who have difficulty reading text as they have information conveyed in other formats.