Ireland News API

Get the live top 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 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=general&country=ie&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=general" \
  --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": "general", "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: "general",
    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" => "general",
    "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=general&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": 366844,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9ecba72873ffbd08abb7ffe4f113b08a",
            "title": "Parrott's Betis overcome Porto",
            "description": "Troy Parrott's Real Betis claimed their second consecutive Champions League win as a late penalty clinched a 3-2 home win over Porto.",
            "content": "Troy Parrott's Real Betis claimed their second consecutive Champions League win as a late penalty clinched a 3-2 home win over Porto.\nParrott made his first start in the competition, after he came off the bench to snatch the winner against Lille on t... [2499 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2026/1014/1595341-champions-league-wrap-parrotts-betis-overcome-porto/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00252caf-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T22:00:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "565951e795d39da0e52bbc3793eafc4c",
            "title": "Waterford family's deaths in fire 'due to a €20k drug debt’",
            "description": "One of Philip English's sons stated that the fire bombing was due to a drug debt as gardaí said their investigation is 'intense in nature and very active'",
            "content": "They all died when their home in the Birchwood Estate was firebombed in the early hours of Tuesday morning.\nTwo other children Nadia, 14, and Elliot, six, remain in critical condition in Crumlin Children’s Hospital.\nGardaí involved in the murder inve... [3241 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41924272.html",
            "image": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10520/5260345_1_org_489826237_1098158535374847_5556743017695510773_n.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T21:47:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "634dc62a3fe9c48f4c2cc004e680a220",
                "name": "Irish Examiner",
                "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bafd72c48e8ad219b31769deb0bfbaeb",
            "title": "Man City's fightback not enough after PSG masterclass",
            "description": "Pep Guardiola's return ended in thrilling defeat as Manchester City lost 4-2 to Paris St Germain in their first home match since being found guilty of serious financial irregularities.",
            "content": "Pep Guardiola's return ended in thrilling defeat as Manchester City lost 4-2 to Paris St Germain in their first home match since being found guilty of serious financial irregularities.\nThe former City manager made his first visit to the Etihad Stadiu... [2734 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2026/1014/1595338-man-citys-fightback-not-enough-after-psg-masterclass/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00252cac-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T21:19:54Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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