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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": 210164,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "564ff7444db5fddd41b0d731f016a2bc",
            "title": "Six people have died and others hospitalised as flu season arrives early in Ireland",
            "description": "The number of hospitalisations has increased by 9% compared to last year, with five people having been admitted to intensive care so far.",
            "content": "Six people have died from the flu as sickness season has arrived early in Ireland this year.\nLast week, it was announced that the number of confirmed cases has increased by almost 40%.\nThe number of hospitalisations has increased by 9% compared to la... [1197 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/national-news/1951092/six-people-have-died-and-others-hospitalised-as-flu-season-arrives-early-in-ireland.html",
            "image": "https://www.limerickleader.ie/resizer/1200/700/true/2025_11_24/H_%2835%29-1764004721198.jpg--six_people_have_died_and_others_hospitalised_as_flu_season_arrives_early_in_ireland.jpg?1764004721333",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-24T17:26:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "16286a116943f7648aa213d96102672e",
                "name": "Limerick Leader",
                "url": "https://www.limerickleader.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "067d35c09815fc340d3b8f6b689fe4e0",
            "title": "How cancer cells tolerate missing chromosomes",
            "description": "A hallmark of cancerous cells is an abnormal number of chromosomes or chromosome arms, known as aneuploidy. While aneuploidy is detrimental to regular cells, it occurs in as many as 90% of tumors. How cancer cells tolerate this chromosomal imbalance has remained unclear.",
            "content": "A hallmark of cancerous cells is an abnormal number of chromosomes or chromosome arms, known as aneuploidy. While aneuploidy is detrimental to regular cells, it occurs in as many as 90% of tumors. How cancer cells tolerate this chromosomal imbalance ... [5827 chars]",
            "url": "https://phys.org/news/2025-11-cancer-cells-tolerate-chromosomes.html",
            "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2025/new-study-uncovers-how-3.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-24T17:10:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6063be7565dcd637bb5d2946ed6c5329",
                "name": "Phys.org",
                "url": "https://phys.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "28e83725e6eebc7968c041a98d84501e",
            "title": "Sagging skin from weight loss drugs can be reversed says this expert",
            "description": "Weight loss drugs have never been so popular, but on the flipside, sagging skin from the results has become a huge area of concern from patients of",
            "content": "Many people of all ages are using weight loss drugs, and this rapid process has led to an entirely new way of treating sagging skin that has never emerged before.\nYes, sagging skin is associated with ageing, but the rate at which people are losing un... [4099 chars]",
            "url": "https://evoke.ie/2025/11/24/style/beauty/sagging-skin-weight-loss-drugs",
            "image": "https://evoke.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2239592768.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-24T17:00:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "128440a99bdc78d65e1e0b8e4d319fa2",
                "name": "EVOKE",
                "url": "https://evoke.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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