C — https://irishtimes.com | BeaverCheck Audit

Site Health

Score: 70 / 100

Based on 8 categories, 0 sections

Room to improve — your 7.9s load time is above Google's 2.5s 'Good' threshold.

Several missing protections leave your users and data exposed.

Several issues make your site difficult for assistive technology users.

Well-optimized for search — your content is discoverable.

Good server performance with room for optimization.

Mostly compliant — a few items need attention.

Rich content metadata — your pages look great everywhere.

Reasonable footprint with room for optimization.

How is this calculated?

The overall score is a weighted average of individual category scores. Categories with more impact on user experience and security carry more weight.

Performance 25%Security 25%Accessibility 15%SEO 10%Infrastructure 10%Compliance 8%Content 5%Sustainability 2%

Weights reflect general web best practices. Individual needs may differ.

How the composite score is calculated

How you compare

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You 70

Avg 72

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Arc XP · 21 peers

You 70

Avg 70

At average

0 50 100

Better than 28% of Arc XP sites See full Arc XP benchmark →

Top Priorities (5)

Content-Security-Policy header is missing

Security gaps expose your site and users to attacks, eroding trust.

Security › Security Headers

HSTS header is missing

Security gaps expose your site and users to attacks, eroding trust.

Security › Security Headers

No Content-Security-Policy header found

Security gaps expose your site and users to attacks, eroding trust.

Security › Content Security Policy

Page weighs 14.4 MB (4.5 MB transferred)

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Performance › Page Weight Budget

1 control(s) without accessible label

Accessibility issues exclude users with disabilities — up to 15% of your potential audience.

Accessibility › Form Accessibility

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Fix Priority Matrix

5 findings

Impact

Quick Wins

High impact, low effort — start here.

Strategic

High impact, requires investment.

Easy Improvements

Small gains, minimal effort.

Nothing in this quadrant — good news.

Deprioritize

Low impact, high effort — do last.

Nothing in this quadrant — good news.

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What fixing these means

Your site performs reasonably well, but a few targeted fixes could meaningfully improve results. Your LCP of 7.9s exceeds Google's 2.5s 'Good' threshold and the 1 performance issue below directly contributes to it. Accessibility issues exclude users who rely on assistive technology — an estimated 15% of your potential audience. Addressing the critical issues below would have the most immediate impact on your user trust.

3 security gaps detected — browsers may warn visitors about your site.

Your LCP is 7.9s — fixing the 1 performance critical could bring it under Google's 2.5s 'Good' threshold.

1 accessibility issue excludes users who rely on assistive technology.

Conversion Barriers

2 critical 4 warning

6 barrier(s) likely increasing bounce by ~26%.

Speed (2)

Page takes 7.9s to load

+12% bounce

Users abandon at ~3s — you're 5.4s over the 2.5s threshold

Fix: Optimize render-blocking resources, preload the hero image, and compress images

Page feels frozen for 2.0s

+5% bounce

Clicks on the primary CTA are ignored while JavaScript runs

Fix: Break up long tasks; defer non-critical JavaScript to post-hydration

Trust (2)

No HSTS header

+1% bounce

Returning visitors are briefly exposed to downgrade attacks on first request

Fix: Set Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains

No Content-Security-Policy header

+1% bounce

Higher XSS blast radius — one compromised script can exfiltrate the checkout form

Fix: Ship a reporting-only CSP first, then enforce once violations are clean

Usability (1)

1 form field(s) without a label

+2% bounce

Screen readers skip unlabeled fields; autofill can't identify them; checkout abandonment spikes

Fix: Associate every input with a visible <label for="…">; add autocomplete attributes

Navigation (1)

No skip-to-content link

+1% bounce

Keyboard and screen-reader users must tab through the entire header on every page

Fix: Add a visible-on-focus <a href="#main">Skip to content</a> as the first focusable element

Preliminary CRO audit — each barrier links to the tab with detailed analysis.

Return on Investment

€425 investment → €4,850/month returns + EUR 120,500,000 risk avoided

Payback period: < 1 month First-year ROI: +13595%

Investment

€425

5h · 5 findings

Monthly returns

€4,850 /mo

~€58,204 / year

Conversions recovered €4,849
Bandwidth savings €1.04

Regulatory risk avoided

EUR 120,500,000

if kept compliant

ePrivacy Directive EUR 100,000,000
GDPR EUR 20,000,000
EAA EUR 500,000

Payback period

0 12mo 24mo

€128 — in quick wins — start here for the fastest payback

Figures combine localized regulatory fine ceilings, search/conversion value priced against local CPC, and bandwidth waste estimates. Results depend on implementation quality and audience composition. Not legal or financial advice.

Full methodology & sources

Estimated Remediation Cost

€425

5.0 developer hours at €85/hr

Based on Ireland rates (€85/hr)

Quick wins

€128 3 fixes in ~90 minutes

Start here for the best return on investment

Cost by category

Cost by effort level

Adjust assumptions

Custom rate

€ /hr

Rates reflect fully-loaded developer cost including overhead

How developer rates are sourced

What Inaction Is Costing You

€10,041,668 / month at risk

~€120,500,013 / year if left unfixed

Compliance Risk

€120,500,000

ePrivacy DirectiveGDPREAA

No privacy policy link detected
GDPR: EUR 10,000 – EUR 20,000,000
1 advertising/retargeting trackers detected
GDPR: EUR 10,000 – EUR 20,000,000
Trackers detected but no cookie policy found
GDPR: EUR 5,000 – EUR 10,000,000

+9 more

Bandwidth Waste

€1.04 /mo

14080.3 MB/mo × 0.074 EUR/GB

Optimize transfer: save ~1.4 MB per page load
Saves €1.04/mo

Compliance figures represent the statutory maximum fine for the most severe triggered category, capped per regulation — not the sum of per-finding penalties. Based on published regulatory fine ranges. This is not legal advice.

Compliance methodology · SEO assumptions · Bandwidth model

Your performance is already good — improvements may show diminishing returns

Monthly visitors

Unique monthly visitors from your analytics

Conversion rate (%)

Purchases, signups, or key actions

Avg. order value

Optional — for revenue estimation

additional conversions/month

more engaged visitors from reduced bounce

potential monthly revenue

Current bounce (est.)

After fixes (est.)

Estimated bounce reduction

Fix 5 critical issues to capture this value

How this is calculated

Based on Google/Deloitte research ("Milliseconds Make Millions") showing a ~7% bounce rate increase per additional second of LCP above the 2.5s "Good" threshold.

Your site's LCP: → estimated after fixes.

These are estimates based on industry research — actual results vary

Bounce-rate model & assumptions

Your data stays in your browser — nothing is sent to our servers

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Lighthouse Scores

Industry-standard audits powered by Google Lighthouse.

Performance

Accessibility

100

Best Practices

SEO

Core Web Vitals

Key metrics that affect user experience.

First Contentful Paint First Contentful Paint — how long until the browser renders the first piece of content. Under 1.8s is good.

6.47 s

Largest Contentful Paint Largest Contentful Paint — how long until the largest visible element loads. Under 2.5s is good.

7.87 s

Total Blocking Time Total Blocking Time — total time the main thread was blocked, preventing user input. Under 200ms is good.

2.01 s

Cumulative Layout Shift Cumulative Layout Shift — measures visual stability. How much the page layout shifts during loading. Under 0.1 is good.

0.000

Speed Index Speed Index — how quickly content is visually displayed during load. Under 3.4s is good.

6.62 s

Time to Interactive Time to Interactive — how long until the page is fully interactive and responds to user input. Under 3.8s is good.

20.69 s

Detailed Report

Audit breakdown by category with detailed findings.

Performance

Insights

Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Polyfills and transforms enable older browsers to use new JavaScript features. However, many aren't necessary for modern browsers. Consider modifying your JavaScript build process to not transpile Baseline features, unless you know you must support older browsers. Learn why most sites can deploy ES6+ code without transpiling

Why this matters

Shipping ES5 transpiled code to modern browsers wastes bytes — every user with an evergreen browser pays for compatibility you don't need.

Learn more ▾

Most users today run browsers that natively support ES6+, async/await, optional chaining, and the rest of modern JavaScript. Transpiling to ES5 'just in case' adds 20-40% to your bundle for no benefit. Configure your build to target a modern browserslist, or ship a differential bundle pair (modern + legacy) with the module/nomodule pattern.

Source: Google web.dev / Lighthouse

3rd party code can significantly impact load performance. Reduce and defer loading of 3rd party code to prioritize your page's content.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Consider setting font-display to swap or optional to ensure text is consistently visible. swap can be further optimized to mitigate layout shifts with font metric overrides.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Est Savings
www.recruitireland.com/build/assets/icomoon-ddfac6ea.ttf?rjjbsb	40 ms

A forced reflow occurs when JavaScript queries geometric properties (such as offsetWidth) after styles have been invalidated by a change to the DOM state. This can result in poor performance. Learn more about forced reflows and possible mitigations.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

headings: [map[key:source label:Top function call valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]

items: [map[reflowTime:46.188 source:map[column:188282 line:2 type:source-location url:https://www.irishtimes.com/pf/dist/engine/react.js?d=210&mxId=00000000 urlProvider:network]]]

headings: [map[key:source label:Source valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]

items: [map[reflowTime:43.296 source:map[type:text value:[unattributed]]] map[reflowTime:0.274 source:map[column:248687 line:1 type:source-location url:https://www.irishtimes.com/pf/dist/components/combinations/default.js?d=210&mxId=00000000 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:45.914 source:map[column:339243 line:1 type:source-location url:https://www.irishtimes.com/pf/dist/components/combinations/default.js?d=210&mxId=00000000 urlProvider:network]]]

Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL	Resource Size	Est Savings
Student who sued UCD on study issue after alleged rape loses bid for costs `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/X2VTD4YW2FA7HPZA4JZAWYLETQ.jpg?smart=true&aut...	47.5 KiB	43.9 KiB
The simple text message that helped France cut its electricity usage by 10% `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/2JRUCH3KANUAWUBVJRDJMRYOWA.jpg?focal=3647%2C2...	44.3 KiB	40.7 KiB
Temperatures to hit 21 degrees on Friday as Met Éireann forecasts ‘warming tren… `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/JBBJHCHO2RATDP5CHC3TG7QHHU.JPG?smart=true&aut...	36.1 KiB	25.6 KiB
Group charged over pro-Palestine protests in Derry say law governing parades ‘d… `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/VNVOFTZOFNBY3IGLRCG54QXHDQ.jpeg?smart=true&au...	31.5 KiB	21.1 KiB
Danielle McLaughlin: ‘I’m interested in whether we are using rituals or they ar… `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/MQTIYASLLRGPDKUW2JSSVD3CTI.jpg?focal=1880%2C1...	37.1 KiB	19.6 KiB
Varadkar’s urban-rural comments were quick to fuel tempers. But what does the d… `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/J5ZHKEKXL42QGL4MITXQZULP3Y.jpg?smart=true&aut...	17.7 KiB	15.3 KiB
Larger €9bn surplus forecast increases pressure on Coalition for spending incre… `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/HRLPDVX6TJAPVGLMXSUPIV2ITU.JPG?smart=true&aut...	17.1 KiB	14.8 KiB
Teacher ended up in car chase with gardaí after ‘unwittingly’ eating cannabis-l… `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/ZIGFSTNH3CWDAUEOAUAHDR4WCE.jpg?focal=1379%2C6...	15.1 KiB	13.0 KiB
Fintan O’Toole: Ireland’s governing philosophy is learned helplessness – and it… `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/XLGWK4QXYHHBOTBT5OCHGEQF4Y.jpg?focal=2003%2C1...	26.0 KiB	8.8 KiB
Masterchef: Dubliner Anna Haugh helps to banish sour taste left by Torode and W… `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/6SBXD4ITIVNLQIKQUKEW6IOQBE.jpg?smart=true&aut...	25.6 KiB	8.2 KiB

Avoid chaining critical requests by reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

description: [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints help the browser establish a connection earlier in the page load, saving time when the first request for that origin is made. The following are the origins that the page preconnected to.

title: Preconnected origins

description: Add [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints to your most important origins, but try to use no more than 4.

title: Preconnect candidates

value: No additional origins are good candidates for preconnecting

Requests are blocking the page's initial render, which may delay LCP. Deferring or inlining can move these network requests out of the critical path.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Transfer Size	Duration
cdn.cookielaw.org/consent/tcf.stub.js	1.5 KiB	817 ms
/pf/dist/components/combinations/default.css?d=210&mxId=0...	876 B
www.irishtimes.com/pf/dist/css/irishtimes.css?d=210&mxId=00000000	53.3 KiB	453 ms

A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more about caching.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Request	Cache TTL	Transfer Size
/fce2b75e-f11a-48ad-a60f-7e004eb1d340-web.js	900.0 s	161.0 KiB
irishtimes.video-player.arcpublishing.com/prod/org/irishtimes.js?org=irishtimes	300.0 s	83.1 KiB
www.e-pages.dk/irishtimes/teasers/5088/smallmedium.jpg	60.0 s	68.4 KiB
/sandbox.irishtimes/NBZTERI3LJCBNBYCBPDZJLZMV4.png	0.0 ms	63.4 KiB
cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/202601.1.0/otBannerSdk.js	86400.0 s	127.0 KiB
prod.webpu.sh/tEEXuB8vRMsRMzIydjRZIQjnQzT-EXwR/sdk.js	21600.0 s	36.9 KiB
/irishtimes/ILEP3JZ6DVF7TNZYRHQN6ZILTI.png	0.0 ms	10.1 KiB
static.themebuilder.aws.arc.pub/irishtimes/1647534191733.svg	0.0 ms	8.8 KiB
cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/202601.1.0/otTCF.js	86400.0 s	17.7 KiB
irishtimes.video-player.arcpublishing.com/prod/powaBoot.js?org=irishtimes	300.0 s	6.2 KiB
www.queryly.com/js/queryly.v4.min.js	14400.0 s	7.9 KiB
/logos/aa51b8bf-07c8-42ff-9b3f-a51d24f58003/f870b85a-3c08...	86400.0 s	9.5 KiB
/scripttemplates/otSDKStub.js?did=4ce83798-e5b1-4f4b-ba44...	86400.0 s	8.8 KiB
s3.xtremepush.com/application/web_icon_large_5969_6023f373525da.png	0.0 ms	2.9 KiB
cdn.cookielaw.org/logos/static/powered_by_logo.svg	86400.0 s	2.5 KiB
www.queryly.com/images/whitecloseicon.png	14400.0 s	1.1 KiB
cdn.cookielaw.org/consent/tcf.stub.js	86400.0 s	1.5 KiB
prod.webpu.sh/tEEXuB8vRMsRMzIydjRZIQjnQzT-EXwR/sdk.js	21600.0 s	0 B

Your first network request is the most important. Reduce its latency by avoiding redirects, ensuring a fast server response, and enabling text compression.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.

The maximum potential First Input Delay that your users could experience is the duration of the longest task. Learn more about the Maximum Potential First Input Delay metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Redirects introduce additional delays before the page can be loaded. Learn how to avoid page redirects.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 752 ms

URL	Time Spent
irishtimes.com/	752 ms
www.irishtimes.com/	0.0 ms

Time to Interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more about the Time to Interactive metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

TTI

Diagnostics

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling, and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to reduce Javascript execution time.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Total CPU Time	Script Evaluation	Script Parse
www.irishtimes.com/	3.5 s	77 ms	409 ms
www.irishtimes.com/pf/dist/engine/react.js?d=210&mxId=00000000	2.2 s	1.9 s	29 ms
Unattributable	1.8 s	522 ms	0.0 ms
/pf/dist/components/combinations/default.js?d=210&mxId=00...	470 ms	246 ms	121 ms
cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/202601.1.0/otBannerSdk.js	425 ms	281 ms	56 ms
irishtimes.video-player.arcpublishing.com/prod/org/irishtimes.js?org=irishtimes	411 ms	318 ms	22 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-NRHQKJ4	407 ms	308 ms	58 ms
/fce2b75e-f11a-48ad-a60f-7e004eb1d340-web.js	242 ms	142 ms	79 ms
prod.webpu.sh/tEEXuB8vRMsRMzIydjRZIQjnQzT-EXwR/sdk.js	137 ms	85 ms	34 ms
irishtimes.video-player.arcpublishing.com/prod/powaBoot.js?org=irishtimes	61 ms	40 ms	19 ms

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to minimize main-thread work

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Category	Time Spent
Script Evaluation	4.0 s
Other	2.3 s
Rendering	1.2 s
Style & Layout	955 ms
Script Parsing & Compilation	841 ms
Parse HTML & CSS	403 ms
Garbage Collection	168 ms

Reduce unused rules from stylesheets and defer CSS not used for above-the-fold content to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 50.4 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
www.irishtimes.com/pf/dist/css/irishtimes.css?d=210&mxId=00000000	53.0 KiB	30.3 KiB
	23.0 KiB	20.1 KiB

Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.

Why this matters

Multi-megabyte JavaScript bundles delay every interactive feature on the page.

Learn more ▾

This is the Lighthouse audit fired when too much JS is shipped relative to what executes. The fix isn't a config flag — it requires bundle analysis (webpack-bundle-analyzer, rollup-plugin-visualizer), splitting routes into chunks, lazy-loading off-screen components, and removing unused dependencies. Fundamentally different from minification: minifying reduces byte count, this reduces what's downloaded at all.

Source: Google web.dev / Lighthouse

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 503.0 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
/pf/dist/components/combinations/default.js?d=210&mxId=00...	351.3 KiB	211.1 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-NRHQKJ4	184.0 KiB	84.3 KiB
cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/202601.1.0/otBannerSdk.js	126.9 KiB	59.3 KiB
irishtimes.video-player.arcpublishing.com/prod/org/irishtimes.js?org=irishtimes	82.7 KiB	59.3 KiB
/fce2b75e-f11a-48ad-a60f-7e004eb1d340-web.js	160.5 KiB	39.1 KiB
www.irishtimes.com/pf/dist/engine/react.js?d=210&mxId=00000000	93.2 KiB	29.0 KiB
prod.webpu.sh/tEEXuB8vRMsRMzIydjRZIQjnQzT-EXwR/sdk.js	36.6 KiB	21.0 KiB

Large network payloads cost users real money and are highly correlated with long load times. Learn how to reduce payload sizes.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Transfer Size
www.irishtimes.com/	786.8 KiB
/pf/dist/components/combinations/default.js?d=210&mxId=00...	356.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-NRHQKJ4	184.4 KiB
/fce2b75e-f11a-48ad-a60f-7e004eb1d340-web.js	161.0 KiB
cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/202601.1.0/otBannerSdk.js	127.0 KiB
www.recruitireland.com/build/assets/app-2aa7f708.js	123.8 KiB
www.irishtimes.com/pf/dist/engine/react.js?d=210&mxId=00000000	96.8 KiB
cdn.cookielaw.org/vendorlist/iab2V2Data.json	86.8 KiB
irishtimes.video-player.arcpublishing.com/prod/org/irishtimes.js?org=irishtimes	83.1 KiB
/resizer/v2/https://arc-goldfish-irishtimes-thumbnails.s3...	74.2 KiB

Set an explicit width and height on image elements to reduce layout shifts and improve CLS. Learn how to set image dimensions

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL
logo `div.c-stack > div > div.epaper1-bg > img.logo`	/sandbox.irishtimes/NBZTERI3LJCBNBYCBPDZJLZMV4.png
The Irish Times `nav#main-nav > div.b-it-header-nav-chain__top-layout > a.c-link > img`	static.themebuilder.aws.arc.pub/irishtimes/1647534191733.svg

More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.

●Layout shift culprits

●Optimize DOM size

●LCP breakdown

●LCP request discovery

●Modern HTTP

●Optimize viewport for mobile

●Minify CSS

●Minify JavaScript

●User Timing marks and measures 2 user timings

●Avoid long main-thread tasks 20 long tasks found

●Avoid non-composited animations 5 animated elements found

●Page didn't prevent back/forward cache restoration

●Network Requests

●Network Round Trip Times 100 ms

●Server Backend Latencies 290 ms

●Tasks

●Diagnostics

●Metrics

●Screenshot Thumbnails

●Final Screenshot

●Script Treemap Data

●Resources Summary

●Initial server response time was short Root document took 10 ms

○INP breakdown

○Avoid large layout shifts

Accessibility

These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Automatic detection can only detect a subset of issues and does not guarantee the accessibility of your web app, so manual testing is also encouraged.

Names and labels

When a button doesn't have an accessible name, screen readers announce it as "button", making it unusable for users who rely on screen readers. Learn how to make buttons more accessible.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
div.b-it-header-nav-chain__nav-right > div.nav-components--mobile > div.c-stack > button.c-button `div.b-it-header-nav-chain__nav-right > div.nav-components--mobile > div.c-stack > button.c-button`

Informative elements should aim for short, descriptive alternate text. Decorative elements can be ignored with an empty alt attribute. Learn more about the `alt` attribute.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
body.custom-it > div#webpush-custom-prompt > img#webpush-custom-prompt-image `body.custom-it > div#webpush-custom-prompt > img#webpush-custom-prompt-image`

Screen reader users rely on frame titles to describe the contents of frames. Learn more about frame titles.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
div.c-stack > div.b-subscribe-button-block > div > iframe#fw-mobile `div.c-stack > div.b-subscribe-button-block > div > iframe#fw-mobile`
div.c-stack > div > div > iframe `div.c-stack > div > div > iframe`
body.custom-it > iframe#webpush-subscription-iframe `body.custom-it > iframe#webpush-subscription-iframe`

Link text (and alternate text for images, when used as links) that is discernible, unique, and focusable improves the navigation experience for screen reader users. Learn how to make links accessible.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
div.c-stack > div > div.epaper1-bg > a.epaper1-link `div.c-stack > div > div.epaper1-bg > a.epaper1-link`

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Visible text labels that do not match the accessible name can result in a confusing experience for screen reader users. Learn more about accessible names.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Cookie Policy `div#onetrust-group-container > div#onetrust-policy > div#onetrust-policy-text > a.ot-cookie-policy-link`

○Interactive controls are keyboard focusable

○Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state

○The page has a logical tab order

○Visual order on the page follows DOM order

○User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region

○The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page

○HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation

○Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology

○Custom controls have associated labels

○Custom controls have ARIA roles

●`[aria-*]` attributes match their roles

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`

●`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes

●`[role]` values are valid

●`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values

●`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled

●`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.

●ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role

●Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents

●Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes

●Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio

●Document has a `<title>` element

●`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute

●`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute

●Links are distinguishable without relying on color.

●Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).

●List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements

●No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0

●Touch targets have sufficient size and spacing.

●Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order

●Document has a main landmark.

●Deprecated ARIA roles were not used

○`[accesskey]` values are unique

○`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names

○ARIA input fields have accessible names

○ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names

○Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.

○`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element

○Elements with the `role=text` attribute do not have focusable descendents.

○ARIA toggle fields have accessible names

○ARIA `tooltip` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `treeitem` elements have accessible names

○The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region

○`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.

○Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements

○ARIA IDs are unique

○No form fields have multiple labels

○`<html>` element has an `[xml:lang]` attribute with the same base language as the `[lang]` attribute.

○Input buttons have discernible text.

○`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text

○Form elements have associated labels

○The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`

○`<object>` elements have alternate text

○Select elements have associated label elements.

○Skip links are focusable.

○Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.

○`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.

○`[lang]` attributes have a valid value

○`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`

○Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.

○All heading elements contain content.

○Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements

○Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.

○Identical links have the same purpose.

○Tables use `<caption>` instead of cells with the `[colspan]` attribute to indicate a caption.

○`<td>` elements in a large `<table>` have one or more table headers.

100

Best Practices

General

Source maps translate minified code to the original source code. This helps developers debug in production. In addition, Lighthouse is able to provide further insights. Consider deploying source maps to take advantage of these benefits. Learn more about source maps.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL
/pf/dist/components/combinations/default.js?d=210&mxId=00...
www.irishtimes.com/

●Uses HTTPS

●Avoids deprecated APIs

●Avoids third-party cookies

●Allows users to paste into input fields

●Avoids requesting the geolocation permission on page load

●Avoids requesting the notification permission on page load

●Displays images with correct aspect ratio

●Serves images with appropriate resolution

●Page has the HTML doctype

●Properly defines charset

●No browser errors logged to the console

●No issues in the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools

●Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

●Use a strong HSTS policy

●Ensure proper origin isolation with COOP

●Mitigate clickjacking with XFO or CSP

●Mitigate DOM-based XSS with Trusted Types

●Detected JavaScript libraries

○Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS

SEO

These checks ensure that your page is following basic search engine optimization advice. There are many additional factors Lighthouse does not score here that may affect your search ranking, including performance on Core Web Vitals. Learn more about Google Search Essentials.

Content Best Practices

Descriptive link text helps search engines understand your content. Learn how to make links more accessible.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Link destination	Link Text
www.irishtimes.com/policy-and-terms/cookie-policy	More information

Informative elements should aim for short, descriptive alternate text. Decorative elements can be ignored with an empty alt attribute. Learn more about the `alt` attribute.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
body.custom-it > div#webpush-custom-prompt > img#webpush-custom-prompt-image `body.custom-it > div#webpush-custom-prompt > img#webpush-custom-prompt-image`

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

○Structured data is valid

●Page isn’t blocked from indexing

●Document has a `<title>` element

●Document has a meta description

●Page has successful HTTP status code

●Links are crawlable

●robots.txt is valid

●Document has a valid `hreflang`

●Document has a valid `rel=canonical`

Lighthouse Scores

Industry-standard audits powered by Google Lighthouse. — Desktop

Performance

Accessibility

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Best Practices

SEO

Core Web Vitals

Key metrics that affect user experience. — Desktop

First Contentful Paint First Contentful Paint — how long until the browser renders the first piece of content. Under 1.8s is good.

1.45 s

Largest Contentful Paint Largest Contentful Paint — how long until the largest visible element loads. Under 2.5s is good.

1.76 s

Total Blocking Time Total Blocking Time — total time the main thread was blocked, preventing user input. Under 200ms is good.

230 ms

Cumulative Layout Shift Cumulative Layout Shift — measures visual stability. How much the page layout shifts during loading. Under 0.1 is good.

0.000

Speed Index Speed Index — how quickly content is visually displayed during load. Under 3.4s is good.

2.50 s

Time to Interactive Time to Interactive — how long until the page is fully interactive and responds to user input. Under 3.8s is good.

4.84 s

Detailed Report

Audit breakdown by category with detailed findings.

Performance

Insights

Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Why this matters

Shipping ES5 transpiled code to modern browsers wastes bytes — every user with an evergreen browser pays for compatibility you don't need.

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Source: Google web.dev / Lighthouse

3rd party code can significantly impact load performance. Reduce and defer loading of 3rd party code to prioritize your page's content.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Consider setting font-display to swap or optional to ensure text is consistently visible. swap can be further optimized to mitigate layout shifts with font metric overrides.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Est Savings
www.recruitireland.com/build/assets/icomoon-ddfac6ea.ttf?rjjbsb	25 ms

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

headings: [map[key:source label:Top function call valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]

items: [map[reflowTime:45.537 source:map[column:188282 line:2 type:source-location url:https://www.irishtimes.com/pf/dist/engine/react.js?d=210&mxId=00000000 urlProvider:network]]]

headings: [map[key:source label:Source valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]

items: [map[reflowTime:28.805 source:map[type:text value:[unattributed]]] map[reflowTime:0.557 source:map[column:248687 line:1 type:source-location url:https://www.irishtimes.com/pf/dist/components/combinations/default.js?d=210&mxId=00000000 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:44.98 source:map[column:339243 line:1 type:source-location url:https://www.irishtimes.com/pf/dist/components/combinations/default.js?d=210&mxId=00000000 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:3.086 source:map[column:133906 line:1 type:source-location url:https://irishtimes.video-player.arcpublishing.com/prod/org/irishtimes.js?org=irishtimes urlProvider:network]]]

Avoid chaining critical requests by reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

title: Preconnected origins

description: Add [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints to your most important origins, but try to use no more than 4.

title: Preconnect candidates

value: No additional origins are good candidates for preconnecting

Requests are blocking the page's initial render, which may delay LCP. Deferring or inlining can move these network requests out of the critical path.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Transfer Size	Duration
cdn.cookielaw.org/consent/tcf.stub.js	1.5 KiB	268 ms
www.irishtimes.com/pf/dist/css/irishtimes.css?d=210&mxId=00000000	53.3 KiB	82 ms
/pf/dist/components/combinations/default.css?d=210&mxId=0...	876 B

A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more about caching.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Request	Cache TTL	Transfer Size
/fce2b75e-f11a-48ad-a60f-7e004eb1d340-web.js	900.0 s	161.0 KiB
irishtimes.video-player.arcpublishing.com/prod/org/irishtimes.js?org=irishtimes	300.0 s	83.1 KiB
/vendor/hls.js/0.14.17/hls.min.js?org=irishtimes	0.0 ms	71.6 KiB
www.e-pages.dk/irishtimes/teasers/5088/smallmedium.jpg	60.0 s	68.4 KiB
/sandbox.irishtimes/NBZTERI3LJCBNBYCBPDZJLZMV4.png	0.0 ms	63.5 KiB
cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/202601.1.0/otBannerSdk.js	86400.0 s	127.0 KiB
lw.foreca.net/public/libs/jquery-3.7.1.min.js	0.0 ms	30.1 KiB
prod.webpu.sh/tEEXuB8vRMsRMzIydjRZIQjnQzT-EXwR/sdk.js	21600.0 s	36.9 KiB
/irishtimes/ILEP3JZ6DVF7TNZYRHQN6ZILTI.png	0.0 ms	10.1 KiB
static.themebuilder.aws.arc.pub/irishtimes/1647534191733.svg	0.0 ms	8.8 KiB
cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/202601.1.0/otTCF.js	86400.0 s	17.7 KiB
irishtimes.video-player.arcpublishing.com/prod/powaBoot.js?org=irishtimes	300.0 s	6.2 KiB
www.queryly.com/js/queryly.v4.min.js	14400.0 s	7.9 KiB
/logos/aa51b8bf-07c8-42ff-9b3f-a51d24f58003/f870b85a-3c08...	86400.0 s	9.5 KiB
/scripttemplates/otSDKStub.js?did=4ce83798-e5b1-4f4b-ba44...	86400.0 s	8.8 KiB
s3.xtremepush.com/application/web_icon_large_5969_6023f373525da.png	0.0 ms	2.9 KiB
cdn.cookielaw.org/logos/static/powered_by_logo.svg	86400.0 s	2.5 KiB
www.queryly.com/images/whitecloseicon.png	14400.0 s	1.1 KiB
cdn.cookielaw.org/consent/tcf.stub.js	86400.0 s	1.5 KiB
prod.webpu.sh/tEEXuB8vRMsRMzIydjRZIQjnQzT-EXwR/sdk.js	21600.0 s	0 B

Your first network request is the most important. Reduce its latency by avoiding redirects, ensuring a fast server response, and enabling text compression.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL	Resource Size	Est Savings
Danielle McLaughlin: ‘I’m interested in whether we are using rituals or they ar… `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/MQTIYASLLRGPDKUW2JSSVD3CTI.jpg?focal=1880%2C1...	273.8 KiB	268.1 KiB
Fintan O’Toole: Ireland’s governing philosophy is learned helplessness – and it… `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/XLGWK4QXYHHBOTBT5OCHGEQF4Y.jpg?focal=2003%2C1...	274.7 KiB	266.2 KiB
Temperatures to hit 21 degrees on Friday as Met Éireann forecasts ‘warming tren… `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/JBBJHCHO2RATDP5CHC3TG7QHHU.JPG?smart=true&aut...	181.5 KiB	178.2 KiB
Group charged over pro-Palestine protests in Derry say law governing parades ‘d… `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/VNVOFTZOFNBY3IGLRCG54QXHDQ.jpeg?smart=true&au...	153.6 KiB	145.2 KiB
Pass the parcel? More like guess the password `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/6GVJTWXOI5FYPOLOK3JLHZZVVU.jpg?smart=true&aut...	109.1 KiB	108.1 KiB
Spain’s ‘greatest matador’ gored by bull in comeback from retirement `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/B7XLRTNVBNBMNKOUVDJ3ABYVHY.jpg?focal=3698%2C1...	92.8 KiB	90.8 KiB
Masterchef: Dubliner Anna Haugh helps to banish sour taste left by Torode and W… `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/6SBXD4ITIVNLQIKQUKEW6IOQBE.jpg?smart=true&aut...	81.0 KiB	76.6 KiB
The simple text message that helped France cut its electricity usage by 10% `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/2JRUCH3KANUAWUBVJRDJMRYOWA.jpg?focal=3647%2C2...	76.7 KiB	76.0 KiB
Asylum seeker in children’s facility despite Tusla’s belief he is an adult, jud… `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/PPVLM3KUINI65LRRRDOWFPANXM.jpg?smart=true&aut...	76.8 KiB	75.1 KiB
Colman Noctor: ‘Behaviour is always the signpost to a problem. It is very rarel… `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/RFW7RIGTTJTEHLQV4MCEFFTXME.jpg?smart=true&aut...	71.8 KiB	67.9 KiB
Michael review: Two hours of cosplay karaoke – and absolutely no suggestion of … `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/EU7NLHM73QKGGU7RA36IMBROYQ.jpg?focal=1642%2C6...	53.1 KiB	51.8 KiB
Ireland’s governing philosophy is learned helplessness – and it is getting worse `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/XLGWK4QXYHHBOTBT5OCHGEQF4Y.jpg?focal=2003%2C1...	50.1 KiB	48.8 KiB
Picture perfect: Texaco Children’s Art Competition 2026 winners revealed `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/TMXMKZ3SDFFAVFYCZPVJBPBOMI.JPG?focal=4593%2C1...	49.5 KiB	48.4 KiB
The simple text message that helped France cut its electricity usage by 10% `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/2JRUCH3KANUAWUBVJRDJMRYOWA.jpg?focal=3647%2C2...	44.9 KiB	43.6 KiB
Daily Eight: The eight-clue Irish Times crossword `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/TGW26W3KPZCJTHKZTKBQ77M2BM.jpg?focal=1912%2C7...	33.4 KiB	32.6 KiB
Gardaí target e-bike and e-scooter ‘hijackings’ along Dublin greenway `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/Y63O67JFWFHG5DBQACAO4F4SQA.JPG?smart=true&aut...	32.6 KiB	31.9 KiB
Tadhg Beirne says Munster focused on the present amid fallout from Roger Randle… `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/FS6RU2VADJE4TG2PYB5SPTXTGY.jpg?focal=1403%2C6...	31.6 KiB	31.3 KiB
Ireland is ‘delivering’ more social homes, but that doesn’t mean it is building… `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/ICFHMBTJ25MXDPA4G7GNSY6S4M.jpg?focal=2877%2C1...	30.7 KiB	29.4 KiB
Stephen Rochford: Mayo board statement on Kevin McStay departure was ‘extremely… `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/ACWEANTRYBC7JKERNCW5X3QL4M.jpg?smart=true&aut...	34.1 KiB	28.6 KiB
What’s driving the cultural obsession with the 1990s? `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/EYHNXVDLA5DQ5GSLJID5JKXJTU.jpg?focal=1457%2C1...	26.6 KiB	25.6 KiB
Teacher ended up in car chase with gardaí after ‘unwittingly’ eating cannabis-l… `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/ZIGFSTNH3CWDAUEOAUAHDR4WCE.jpg?focal=1379%2C6...	18.1 KiB	17.9 KiB
Analysis: Whopping increase in State surplus will fuel calls for more spending `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/H4T2MS6BQZFBXK66H3ABO4POWU.jpg?focal=752%2C48...	18.9 KiB	17.9 KiB
Varadkar’s urban-rural comments were quick to fuel tempers. But what does the d… `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/J5ZHKEKXL42QGL4MITXQZULP3Y.jpg?smart=true&aut...	17.9 KiB	17.7 KiB
Men might have coined the term, but women invented ‘looksmaxxing’ `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/5GVDYBRNAFHYRCGHDP4D7GA5GI.jpg?focal=2137%2C1...	17.8 KiB	17.1 KiB
‘I tell all my Irish friends that Ireland is the Brazil of Europe’ `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/Z3HY3VVLTVCZLDDNNHOXYCTG3Y.JPG?focal=4458%2C2...	15.6 KiB	15.5 KiB
Will Ryanair have to follow Aer Lingus and cut flights? `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/K7PYMFZD4F37S2HG6JPWONGO7Q.jpg?focal=747%2C50...	15.3 KiB	15.2 KiB
A language divided: Charting the rise of American English in everyday Irish spe… `figure.c-media-item > a.c-link > div.b-flex-promo-card__image-wrapper > img.c-image`	/resizer/v2/U26ER2EGSVW736XFDSJ7HXCILA.jpg?smart=true&aut...	14.0 KiB	13.9 KiB

These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.

Redirects introduce additional delays before the page can be loaded. Learn how to avoid page redirects.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 240 ms

URL	Time Spent
irishtimes.com/	240 ms
www.irishtimes.com/	0.0 ms

Time to Interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more about the Time to Interactive metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

TTI

The maximum potential First Input Delay that your users could experience is the duration of the longest task. Learn more about the Maximum Potential First Input Delay metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Diagnostics

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to minimize main-thread work

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Category	Time Spent
Script Evaluation	1.0 s
Other	636 ms
Rendering	312 ms
Style & Layout	240 ms
Script Parsing & Compilation	223 ms
Parse HTML & CSS	99 ms
Garbage Collection	48 ms

Reduce unused rules from stylesheets and defer CSS not used for above-the-fold content to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 46.9 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
www.irishtimes.com/pf/dist/css/irishtimes.css?d=210&mxId=00000000	53.0 KiB	27.5 KiB
	23.0 KiB	19.5 KiB

Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.

Why this matters

Multi-megabyte JavaScript bundles delay every interactive feature on the page.

Learn more ▾

Source: Google web.dev / Lighthouse

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 547.5 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
/pf/dist/components/combinations/default.js?d=210&mxId=00...	351.3 KiB	211.1 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-NRHQKJ4	184.2 KiB	84.2 KiB
cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/202601.1.0/otBannerSdk.js	126.9 KiB	59.4 KiB
/vendor/hls.js/0.14.17/hls.min.js?org=irishtimes	71.2 KiB	56.5 KiB
irishtimes.video-player.arcpublishing.com/prod/org/irishtimes.js?org=irishtimes	82.7 KiB	47.3 KiB
/fce2b75e-f11a-48ad-a60f-7e004eb1d340-web.js	160.5 KiB	39.1 KiB
www.irishtimes.com/pf/dist/engine/react.js?d=210&mxId=00000000	93.2 KiB	29.0 KiB
prod.webpu.sh/tEEXuB8vRMsRMzIydjRZIQjnQzT-EXwR/sdk.js	36.6 KiB	21.0 KiB

Large network payloads cost users real money and are highly correlated with long load times. Learn how to reduce payload sizes.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Transfer Size
www.irishtimes.com/	786.8 KiB
/pf/dist/components/combinations/default.js?d=210&mxId=00...	356.8 KiB
/resizer/v2/XLGWK4QXYHHBOTBT5OCHGEQF4Y.jpg?focal=2003%2C1...	275.2 KiB
/resizer/v2/MQTIYASLLRGPDKUW2JSSVD3CTI.jpg?focal=1880%2C1...	274.3 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-NRHQKJ4	184.6 KiB
/resizer/v2/JBBJHCHO2RATDP5CHC3TG7QHHU.JPG?smart=true&aut...	181.9 KiB
/fce2b75e-f11a-48ad-a60f-7e004eb1d340-web.js	161.0 KiB
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Set an explicit width and height on image elements to reduce layout shifts and improve CLS. Learn how to set image dimensions

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL
logo `div.c-stack > div > div.epaper1-bg > img.logo`	/sandbox.irishtimes/NBZTERI3LJCBNBYCBPDZJLZMV4.png
Masthead logo `div.c-stack > div.c-stack > div.b-masthead__logo > img`	/resizer/v2/FO3U7ME5KVDFTPPEGAYUTN3ZBM.png?auth=604c6927d...

More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.

●Layout shift culprits

●Optimize DOM size

●LCP breakdown

●LCP request discovery

●Modern HTTP

●Optimize viewport for mobile

●Minify CSS

●Minify JavaScript

●User Timing marks and measures 2 user timings

●JavaScript execution time 1.2 s

●Avoid long main-thread tasks 5 long tasks found

●Avoid non-composited animations 5 animated elements found

●Page didn't prevent back/forward cache restoration

●Network Requests

●Network Round Trip Times 100 ms

●Server Backend Latencies 240 ms

●Tasks

●Diagnostics

●Metrics

●Screenshot Thumbnails

●Final Screenshot

●Script Treemap Data

●Resources Summary

●Initial server response time was short Root document took 20 ms

●Avoid large layout shifts 1 layout shift found

○INP breakdown

Accessibility

Names and labels

Informative elements should aim for short, descriptive alternate text. Decorative elements can be ignored with an empty alt attribute. Learn more about the `alt` attribute.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
body.custom-it > div#webpush-custom-prompt > img#webpush-custom-prompt-image `body.custom-it > div#webpush-custom-prompt > img#webpush-custom-prompt-image`

Screen reader users rely on frame titles to describe the contents of frames. Learn more about frame titles.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
div.b-it-header-nav-chain__nav-right > div.nav-components--desktop > div > iframe#fw-desktop `div.b-it-header-nav-chain__nav-right > div.nav-components--desktop > div > iframe#fw-desktop`
div.c-stack > div > div > iframe `div.c-stack > div > div > iframe`
body.custom-it > iframe#webpush-subscription-iframe `body.custom-it > iframe#webpush-subscription-iframe`

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
div.c-stack > div > div.epaper1-bg > a.epaper1-link `div.c-stack > div > div.epaper1-bg > a.epaper1-link`

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Visible text labels that do not match the accessible name can result in a confusing experience for screen reader users. Learn more about accessible names.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Cookie Policy `div#onetrust-group-container > div#onetrust-policy > div#onetrust-policy-text > a.ot-cookie-policy-link`

○Interactive controls are keyboard focusable

○Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state

○The page has a logical tab order

○Visual order on the page follows DOM order

○User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region

○The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page

○HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation

○Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology

○Custom controls have associated labels

○Custom controls have ARIA roles

●`[aria-*]` attributes match their roles

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`

●`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes

●`[role]` values are valid

●`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values

●`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled

●Buttons have an accessible name

●`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.

●ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role

●Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents

●Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes

●Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio

●Document has a `<title>` element

●`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute

●`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute

●Links are distinguishable without relying on color.

●Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).

●List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements

●No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0

●Touch targets have sufficient size and spacing.

●Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order

●Document has a main landmark.

●Deprecated ARIA roles were not used

●Identical links have the same purpose.

○`[accesskey]` values are unique

○`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names

○ARIA input fields have accessible names

○ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names

○Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.

○`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element

○Elements with the `role=text` attribute do not have focusable descendents.

○ARIA toggle fields have accessible names

○ARIA `tooltip` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `treeitem` elements have accessible names

○The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region

○`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.

○Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements

○ARIA IDs are unique

○No form fields have multiple labels

○`<html>` element has an `[xml:lang]` attribute with the same base language as the `[lang]` attribute.

○Input buttons have discernible text.

○`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text

○Form elements have associated labels

○The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`

○`<object>` elements have alternate text

○Select elements have associated label elements.

○Skip links are focusable.

○Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.

○`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.

○`[lang]` attributes have a valid value

○`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`

○Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.

○All heading elements contain content.

○Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements

○Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.

○Tables use `<caption>` instead of cells with the `[colspan]` attribute to indicate a caption.

○`<td>` elements in a large `<table>` have one or more table headers.

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Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Map URL
/pf/dist/components/combinations/default.js?d=210&mxId=00...
www.irishtimes.com/
/vendor/hls.js/0.14.17/hls.min.js?org=irishtimes	irishtimes.video-player.arcpublishing.com/vendor/hls.js/0.14.17/hls.min.js.map

●Uses HTTPS

●Avoids deprecated APIs

●Avoids third-party cookies

●Allows users to paste into input fields

●Avoids requesting the geolocation permission on page load

●Avoids requesting the notification permission on page load

●Displays images with correct aspect ratio

●Serves images with appropriate resolution

●Page has the HTML doctype

●Properly defines charset

●No browser errors logged to the console

●No issues in the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools

●Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

●Use a strong HSTS policy

●Ensure proper origin isolation with COOP

●Mitigate clickjacking with XFO or CSP

●Mitigate DOM-based XSS with Trusted Types

●Detected JavaScript libraries

○Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS

SEO

Content Best Practices

Descriptive link text helps search engines understand your content. Learn how to make links more accessible.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Link destination	Link Text
www.irishtimes.com/policy-and-terms/cookie-policy	More information

Informative elements should aim for short, descriptive alternate text. Decorative elements can be ignored with an empty alt attribute. Learn more about the `alt` attribute.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
body.custom-it > div#webpush-custom-prompt > img#webpush-custom-prompt-image `body.custom-it > div#webpush-custom-prompt > img#webpush-custom-prompt-image`

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

○Structured data is valid

●Page isn’t blocked from indexing

●Document has a `<title>` element

●Document has a meta description

●Page has successful HTTP status code

●Links are crawlable

●robots.txt is valid

●Document has a valid `hreflang`

●Document has a valid `rel=canonical`

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Names and labels

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