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": 220334,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e8da665590c8d105503898751c47f055",
            "title": "GLP-1 drugs surge set to lead to raised food prices",
            "description": "The food industry could seek new ways to protect profits with higher prices and premium ranges aimed at GLP-1 users",
            "content": "Food companies will look to ramp up prices to make up for huge losses in sales due to the rapid uptake of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, a new report claims.\nThe Food Foundation suggests that with figures showing a huge uptake of the new drugs, the food in... [3633 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/glp-1-drugs-surge-set-to-lead-to-raised-food-prices/718404.article",
            "image": "https://dmrqkbkq8el9i.cloudfront.net/Pictures/1024x536/2/2/6/393226_glp1ozempicweightlossjabhealth_370192.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-01T09:22:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e8c93dcf961c6a381755e16a4f94a56a",
                "name": "The Grocer",
                "url": "https://www.thegrocer.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d11f2dfb0175474ec257e5dd0cf52a36",
            "title": "Could you be living with coeliac disease? Here's the signs to look out for",
            "description": "One In 100 people is affected by coeliac disease in Ireland, but it is often mistaken for other conditions",
            "content": "In Ireland, one in every 100 people are affected by coeliac disease — some 80,000 people live with the disease without realising it. Coeliac disease has a strong genetic link. “About a third of people in Ireland will have the genes to be coeliac, but... [5537 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/healthandwellbeing/arid-41837138.html",
            "image": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10124/5062244_3_seoimageog_Copy_20of_20iStock-2209621298_1_.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-01T08:20:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "634dc62a3fe9c48f4c2cc004e680a220",
                "name": "Irish Examiner",
                "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6a3678ea519260cb6fbef2fa74ffa295",
            "title": "Target multiple hallmarks of disease to beat pancreatic cancer - Trinity researchers",
            "description": "New ‘playbook’ describes how disease is driven by a complex network of factors, suggesting that combination-based treatments may be more successful in improving survival rates",
            "content": "Progress on treating pancreatic cancer will depend on smarter, combination-based treatments that target multiple areas, the authors of a new ‘playbook’ on the disease have said.\nResearchers at the Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute (TSJCI) have publ... [2558 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.imt.ie/news/target-multiple-hallmarks-of-disease-to-beat-pancreatic-cancer-trinity-researchers-01-05-2026/",
            "image": "https://d1l0gza1nowsqe.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/04/GettyImages-1402639208-pancreatic-cancer-620.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-01T07:33:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9abece19179cd866062599b53d837d3c",
                "name": "Irish Medical Times",
                "url": "https://www.imt.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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