Ireland Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Ireland with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Stories are selected by Google News rankings and returned as clean JSON.

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This request returns the current top nation 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=nation&country=ie&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=nation" \
  --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": "nation", "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: "nation",
    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);
}

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

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

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $query);
if ($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=nation&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": 272786,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "515ba3d1b89518d87e064d6eb4db2a95",
            "title": "Government seeks ‘negotiation process’ to avoid second round of public sector strikes",
            "description": "Union sources play down suggestion of fresh Government initiative, though informal contacts continue",
            "content": "Efforts are under way to unblock the path to negotiations on a new public sector pay deal after public services were brought to a standstill by nationwide industrial action on Wednesday.\nIt is expected that contacts between Government and unions will... [3636 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/15/government-seeks-negotiation-process-to-avoid-second-round-of-public-sector-strikes/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5WYVCRW5XNA57LHNAJOJFLD4HI.jpeg?smart=true&auth=a8d47f2af8800b46ee6ae456073bf284ba605365a2e012983708cf3b4649ce48&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T20:25:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "36a993a7f89cc588c623562cccb2391e",
            "title": "Perpetrators of Waterford arson attack asked to hand themselves in, as vigil held for victims",
            "description": "Two of the children are still fighting for their lives at the very same hospital.",
            "content": "PINK AND BLUE balloons were released into the sky outside the home of the English family, where members of their community hugged and wiped tears as they absorbed the finality of their loss.\nAnne English, the ex-wife of the late Philip English, was a... [2635 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/waterford-arson-attack-vigil-7193637-Oct2026/",
            "image": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/7193637/river/?height=400&version=7193644",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T20:21:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4b076cf5299b6d16a1b9fef3b354aade",
                "name": "The Journal",
                "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "af96eef878e86130de268f30bce4b8b4",
            "title": "Another New York-style pizza place has opened in Dublin",
            "description": "Pizza-by-the-slice isn’t new, but quite a few establishments that specialise in it have popped up in just a few years.",
            "content": "ANOTHER NEW YORK-STYLE pizza place has opened in Dublin city centre.\nCutiePi is located on South Anne Street beside Teal House Gallery and opposite Xi’an Street Food.\nIt’s been opened by the creators of Pi, a popular pizza restaurant on George’s Stre... [659 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/cutiepi-dublin-pizza-7193331-Oct2026/",
            "image": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/7193331/river/?height=400&version=7193605",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T19:23:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4b076cf5299b6d16a1b9fef3b354aade",
                "name": "The Journal",
                "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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