Ireland Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from Ireland with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Ireland Health News API

API Demonstration

This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from Ireland.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=ie&category=health&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 204746,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "5cc718b993c947cbb8d084c812b5630e",
            "title": "From fortified ice cream to alternative milkshakes",
            "description": "THE heat is on and sales of ice-cream, lollies and other frozen treats have soared in the past week.  \nBut while these may help you...",
            "content": "THE heat is on and sales of ice-cream, lollies and other frozen treats have soared in the past week.\nBut while these may help you cool down, they are often full of additives and artificial ingredients, which are bad for your health.\nThis week I’ve te... [2127 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesun.ie/health/17194033/tried-healthier-frozen-treats-beat-heat/",
            "image": "https://www.thesun.ie/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/06/newspress-collage-bbqoc923g-1782599681015.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&1782605186&w=1920&h=1080&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-27T23:08:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "75adf8e9d1744f288c0f3845d55cca10",
                "name": "The Irish Sun",
                "url": "https://www.thesun.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "18d71610369fd7ad2b21787c1c41ac73",
            "title": "Meet the doctor using AI to ERADICATE heart attacks",
            "description": "IT can redesign your home, blitz your life admin and plan your holidays.\nAnd one day, AI could save your life.\nMore than half a...",
            "content": "IT can redesign your home, blitz your life admin and plan your holidays.\nAnd one day, AI could save your life.\nMore than half a million NHS staff already employ artificial intelligence and it is estimated there are more than 3,000 clinical trials inv... [5620 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesun.ie/health/17193775/doctor-uses-ai-eradicate-heart-attacks/",
            "image": "https://www.thesun.ie/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/06/crop-39562571.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1920&h=1080&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-27T22:48:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "75adf8e9d1744f288c0f3845d55cca10",
                "name": "The Irish Sun",
                "url": "https://www.thesun.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9f945153443b08502918d1bab0c7c479",
            "title": "Health insurance income reduction 'continues to be a challenge' for rehabilitation hospital",
            "description": "Clontarf Hospital marked 150 years this week since its founder began caring for children with rickets and knock-knee at his home",
            "content": "It now offers rehabilitation to adults only taking patients from a number of hospitals.\nSome of those patients can avoid waiting lists for the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dun Laoghaire where waits can reach 10 months for high dependency progr... [2548 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41870301.html",
            "image": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10271/5135892_2_org_NO_20FEE_20CLONTARF_20HOSPITAL_2001.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-27T21:31:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "634dc62a3fe9c48f4c2cc004e680a220",
                "name": "Irish Examiner",
                "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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