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": 213764,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "62140635ca4865f6d8bc777e57bb643b",
            "title": "hit cruise ship to sail to the Canary Islands",
            "description": "Two seriously ill crew members on a cruise ship amid a deadly hantavirus outbreak will be evacuated via Cape Verde to the Netherlands, allowing the vessel to sail on to Spain's Canary Islands, the operator said.",
            "content": "Two seriously ill crew members on a cruise ship amid a deadly hantavirus outbreak will be evacuated via Cape Verde to the Netherlands, allowing the vessel to sail on to Spain's Canary Islands, the operator said.\nSpain's health ministry said the ship ... [5864 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0505/1571719-mv-hondius-virus/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00245238-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-06T06:35:22Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b0048b2ff173ddc19ac1e27ee1668165",
            "title": "‘It did so much for my mood’: How a new mother overcame postnatal mental health struggles",
            "description": "For Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, Collette McEntee shares her story and urges mothers to be frank about how they’re feeling",
            "content": "When Collette McEntee found out she was pregnant, she was naturally delighted but also felt somewhat overwhelmed at the prospect of how her life would change.\nLike many women, her mood was “up and down” during pregnancy. When her baby, Macha, was bor... [4763 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/05/06/it-did-so-much-for-my-mood-how-a-mother-overcame-postnatal-mental-health-struggles/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EEZU2BFUUBAUDGEXDKKTPLJX3U.jpg?smart=true&auth=86321eecdef54bca6510b8d6446e6f31b5774e69ddb5ed340cc39618dbe88d88&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-06T05:01:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a95831973ad729655bb34b6b1e054aec",
            "title": "hit cruise ship to sail to the Canary Islands",
            "description": "Two seriously ill crew members on a cruise ship amid a deadly hantavirus outbreak will be evacuated via Cape Verde to the Netherlands, allowing the vessel to sail on to Spain's Canary Islands, the operator said.",
            "content": "Two seriously ill crew members on a cruise ship amid a deadly hantavirus outbreak will be evacuated via Cape Verde to the Netherlands, allowing the vessel to sail on to Spain's Canary Islands, the operator said.\nSpain's health ministry said the ship ... [5864 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2026/0505/1571719-mv-hondius-virus/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00245238-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-05T23:32:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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