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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": 192258,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d1c78e7e3066922069c5ce47789342f5",
            "title": "Coming up in the Irish Heart Foundation",
            "description": "The Irish Heart Foundation would like to share some events and activities with you that will be coming up over the next few months.",
            "content": "The Irish Heart Foundation would like to share some events and activities with you that will be coming up over the next few months.\nApril sees the beginning of another round of Irish Heart Foundation Patient Champion training for heart patients and s... [14236 chars]",
            "url": "https://irishheart.ie/news/coming-up-in-the-irish-heart-foundation-9/",
            "image": "https://irishheart.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Pat-Champs-group-graduation-271125-scaled-e1775814974481.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-10T10:02:28Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b83d704e3f0ec0aeadcf0061b8285fc4",
                "name": "Irish Heart Foundation",
                "url": "https://irishheart.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c513f8815fd52b78349daf4348f38172",
            "title": "Parkinson’s: the challenge of moving life with hope",
            "description": "11 April marks World Parkinson’s Awareness Day. Established in 1998 by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the date honours the birth of James Parkinson, the...",
            "content": "What is Parkinson’s Disease?\nParkinson’s is much more than a tremor; it is a progressive neurodegenerative neurological condition that impairs movement. It is caused by the gradual death of neurones in the substantia nigra of the brain, which are res... [2898 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2026-04-10/parkinsons-the-challenge-of-moving-life-with-hope/1004604",
            "image": "https://d1mnxluw9mpf9w.cloudfront.net/media/1775731281/Page41-Dra-Narjara-Barros-Ribeiro.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-10T08:32:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c1faaa4750143e2e8aa58ae830a4665b",
                "name": "The Portugal News",
                "url": "https://www.theportugalnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "60fbd2396fd34fa9a2aa559b939b0e35",
            "title": "Do you really need to walk 10,000 steps a day?",
            "description": "Although it's a powerful motivator for many, this can be seen as an unrealistic and daunting target for others.",
            "content": "When it comes to daily step goals, 10,000 is the benchmark many of us aim for.\nMost smartwatches come pre-set with this target, and while their reminders can encourage us to stay active, they can sometimes leave us feeling discouraged when we fall sh... [5393 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/living/2026/0410/1567519-do-you-really-need-to-walk-10-000-steps-a-day/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/002430ff-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-10T08:28:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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