Site layout:
Links to the main sections are on the top of the page. You can navigate the various pages within these sections via the menu which appears on the left hand side of the screen when you enter these pages.
You can also navigate the site via the Site Map
Using TAB key to jump between links:
This site was developed to ensure you can use the tab key on your keyboard to jump from one link to another. Site navigation and menus are structured in a logical order to cater for this.
Do you find the text size too small?
- To increase the size of text in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5+, select View > Text Size > Larger/Largest
- To increase the size of text in Netscape 6+ select View > Text Size > Larger or press Ctrl++
- To increase the size of text in Netscape 4, select View > Increase Font or press Ctrl+]
Web Browsers:
This site is built to be viewed in any browser or Internet device, however it displays best in one that complies with web standards created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the people who invented the web itself. The W3C created these standards so the web would work better for everyone. New browsers, mainly, support these W3C standards; old browsers, mainly, don't.
Printing:
All pages of this website are available in a printer-friendly format. Only page content is printed, with no navigation or graphics.
PDF documents for download:
All documents for download are in PDF format and fully accessible. You need an Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Acrobat Reader is free to download and you can get it here: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
Note that Adobe Acrobat documents can be converted back to plain text using Adobe's Web-based conversion service http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_simple_form.html.
Useful sites:
If you would like to read more about web accessibility visit the following web sites:
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines http://www.w3.org
National Disability Authority Irish IT Accessibility Guidelines http://www.accessit.nda.ie