Ireland World News API

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

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=world" \
  --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": "world", "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: "world",
    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" => "world",
    "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=world&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": 123910,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "90ace0adc3c6910d0ac64d5f342f998d",
            "title": "Taoiseach rejects EU budget criticism from aid groups",
            "description": "Taoiseach Micheál Martin has rejected criticism from international aid organisations over the Irish Government's cuts to the draft seven-year EU budget.",
            "content": "Taoiseach Micheál Martin has rejected criticism from international aid organisations over the Irish Government's cuts to the draft seven-year EU budget.\nUnder the Irish EU Presidency, the Government last weekend presented an eagerly awaited draft neg... [3793 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/1014/1595418-taoiseach-rejects-eu-budget-criticism-from-aid-groups/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00252c6b-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T19:38:43Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "eba095d2500d4145428d99abc4454ae6",
            "title": "Dominic Cummings stuns peers with rant about Britain’s ‘duff’ political system",
            "description": "Boris Johnson’s former top adviser re-emerges from obscurity to give abrasive performance before a House of Lords committee",
            "content": "Britain has moved on from the rancorous days of Covid lockdowns and the chaotic UK government of the time, led by Boris Johnson. Dominic Cummings, it seems, has not.\nThe arch Brexiteer Cummings was Johnson’s conflict-prone chief adviser in Downing St... [4331 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/10/14/dominic-cummings-stuns-peers-with-rant-about-britains-duff-political-system/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZYAINBB2IDXCWBMQXWDE3JQALE.jpg?smart=true&auth=b059085c04efc863b767f59ef8ec0a86b2cc50c00ca73506f11fdef930742ae3&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T17:30:24Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3662d949b7e5969306ad5a335cf9cb34",
            "title": "Pope Leo XIV faces further tests to determine extent of cancer",
            "description": "Pontiff eating regularly and has begun walking following surgery to remove cancerous mass from his lung",
            "content": "Pope Leo XIV was eating regularly on Wednesday and began walking and doing respiratory exercises, and his post-operative tests are normal following surgery to remove a cancerous mass from his lung, the Vatican said.\nLeo’s two doctors, Dr Luigi Carbon... [3480 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/14/pope-leo-spent-tranquil-night-in-hospital-after-cancer-surgery-vatican-says/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JKIAVHFDELLCLWT5LRRACSHQZA.jpg?smart=true&auth=2460d444f165d11cac10984ba354d414c3bbc5f203b2004bc4bdff37724ae3c6&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T17:12:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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