Ireland News API

Get the live top 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 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);
}

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" => "general",
    "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=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": 376532,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "4e88bccb5029c7d8b169f9b57a1cb560",
            "title": "Democrats claim Republican strongholds in midterm victory",
            "description": "Democrats have seized control of both houses of Congress, in a rout of President Donald Trump's Republicans in the midterm elections, US networks projected.",
            "content": "We need your consent to load this Datawrapper contentWe use Datawrapper to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferenc... [4689 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2026/1104/1597894-us-midterms-wrap/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/002547ad-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T03:39:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d3e86d908a791a4fe423269710082ba0",
            "title": "Key early takeaways from US midterm elections",
            "description": "Americans went to the polls in midterm elections that will determine who controls Congress for the final two years of US President Donald Trump's term.",
            "content": "Americans went to the polls in midterm elections that will determine who controls Congress for the final two years of US President Donald Trump's term.\nHere are some early takeaways from the elections.\nAn angry electorate\nMr Trump asked voters to pre... [3654 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/1104/1597893-top-takeaways-midterms/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/0025479a-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T01:33:43Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9addf11c9d60eb92e19c52b16f9e6c31",
            "title": "United players 'don't need to save anyone's job'",
            "description": "Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes said the players \"don't need to save anyone's job\" after they fought back from 2-0 down against Roma to win 3-2 and halt a nine-game winless run.",
            "content": "Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes said the players \"don't need to save anyone’s job\" after they fought back from 2-0 down against Roma to win 3-2 and halt a nine-game winless run.\nUnited’s struggles on and off the pitch this season have seen ... [1958 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2026/1103/1597891-united-players-dont-need-to-save-anyones-job-bruno/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00254792-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T00:10:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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