Ireland Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from Ireland with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as JSON.

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Request and live response

This request returns the current top health headlines from Ireland. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=health&country=ie&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=health" \
  --data-urlencode "country=ie" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "health", "country": "ie", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "health",
    country: "ie",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$params = http_build_query([
    "category" => "health",
    "country"  => "ie",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=health&country=ie&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 213150,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "585efd33d87168f064db07ac3723236f",
            "title": "Woman with terminal cancer speaks of missed chance for surgery",
            "description": "A woman tells Prime Time of her anger after her brain tumour went undiagnosed despite repeated scans",
            "content": "A Mayo woman whose brain tumour went undiagnosed despite repeated scans has spoken of her anger at the care she received and the loss of her independence.\nMary Keane was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in 2023, after years of headaches which she... [5178 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2026/1103/1597852-woman-with-terminal-cancer-speaks-of-missed-chance-for-surgery/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00254711-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T17:20:18Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "60fe869bd99bb23f452a2b087c6a2d6a",
            "title": "Women’s Health Needs in Psoriasis and Atopic Dermatitis",
            "description": "Doral Fredericks, PharmD, MBA, discusses how life stages, mental health, and reproductive concerns can shape dermatologic care for women.",
            "content": "For women living with chronic inflammatory skin diseases such as plaque psoriasis and atopic dermatitis (AD), disease burden can extend well beyond visible skin manifestations. Pain, pruritus, sleep disruption, mental health challenges, reproductive ... [8852 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dermatologytimes.com/view/women-s-health-needs-in-psoriasis-and-atopic-dermatitis",
            "image": "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0vv8moc6/dermatologytimes/47694fb4a862e9c31bab6d80d786749faf22b479-5504x3072.jpg?w=1200&fit=max&q=75&fm=jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T16:07:20Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "533dc107119342a38cbc711b4abd59e1",
                "name": "Dermatology Times",
                "url": "https://www.dermatologytimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0a6fa284f0285437b33d7c881e648db0",
            "title": "I met love of my life & wanted to start family when shock diagnosis struck, then back pain sparked devastating new blow",
            "description": "CYNTHIA Cosme Cravo was dreaming of starting a family with the love of her life when a shock diagnosis changed their plans.\nThree years later,...",
            "content": "CYNTHIA Cosme Cravo was dreaming of starting a family with the love of her life when a shock diagnosis changed their plans.\nThree years later, she learnt the disease had spread to her bones.\nNow the Dublin-based Brazilian is speaking openly about los... [5394 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesun.ie/health/17807860/cynthya-cosme-cravo-shock-diagnosis-breast-cancer/",
            "image": "https://www.thesun.ie/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/11/MixCollage-03-Nov-2026-11-02-AM-2438.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1920&h=1080&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T14:21:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "75adf8e9d1744f288c0f3845d55cca10",
                "name": "The Irish Sun",
                "url": "https://www.thesun.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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