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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": 192738,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d99eb50008d01adfed82943bb20c7332",
            "title": "One in three of those assessed for eating disorders are in their teens, figures show",
            "description": "Mental health minister Mary Butler provided the information in response to a parliamentary question",
            "content": "Some 534 people were diagnosed with an eating disorder, with anorexia nervosa being the most common, affecting 303 (56%) of those diagnosed.\nThere were 900 referrals received last year, with 300 that were not assessed by the end of the year.\nMs Butle... [2603 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41807045.html",
            "image": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/9994/4997063_5_seoimageog_Minister_20Mary_20Butler_2c_20NHI_20CEO_20Tadhg_20Daly_2c_20and_20the_20NHI_20Chair_20Jillian_20van_20Turnhout_1_1_.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-10T01:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "634dc62a3fe9c48f4c2cc004e680a220",
                "name": "Irish Examiner",
                "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "75bb934aab7992cfb771698be341f988",
            "title": "Blood protein structure changes may reveal early signs of Alzheimer’s",
            "description": "Alzheimer's disease affects an estimated 7.2 million Americans age 65 and older, according to the Alzheimer's Association.",
            "content": "Alzheimer's disease affects an estimated 7.2 million Americans age 65 and older, according to the Alzheimer's Association. Current tests often measure the levels of two proteins-amyloid beta (Aβ) and phosphorylated tau (p-tau)-in the blood or spinal ... [4268 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260309/Blood-protein-structure-changes-may-reveal-early-signs-of-Alzheimere28099s.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/image-handler/picture/2014/7/Protein-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-10T00:08:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f8c1003f43a36bea2563182d1cf6b0e1",
            "title": "Largest genetic study classifies 14 psychiatric disorders into five major groups",
            "description": "Although mental disorders have multifactorial causes, genetics can explain some of them, yet this field remains largely unexplored in terms of guiding diagnoses and treatments.",
            "content": "Although mental disorders have multifactorial causes, genetics can explain some of them, yet this field remains largely unexplored in terms of guiding diagnoses and treatments. In the largest study of its kind ever conducted and published in the jour... [6127 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260309/Largest-genetic-study-classifies-14-psychiatric-disorders-into-five-major-groups.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/image-handler/picture/2014/7/DNA_Genetics-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-09T23:38:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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