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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": 204536,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9fad8c7a993b71f674368bcd8a47bad2",
            "title": "Year-round access to RSV immunization may reduce major seasonal outbreaks",
            "description": "Providing year-round access to RSV immunization would minimize the risk of large seasonal outbreaks across the nation, including in both urban and rural areas.",
            "content": "Providing year-round access to RSV immunization would minimize the risk of large seasonal outbreaks across the nation, including in both urban and rural areas.\nThat's according to a new study, published in Science Advances, which examined differences... [4757 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20251126/Year-round-access-to-RSV-immunization-may-reduce-major-seasonal-outbreaks.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/image-handler/picture/2014/7/Immunization-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-27T02:29:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "134a1a15da01f4909787177c80cb3fb5",
            "title": "More women having Caesarean sections and induced labour than ever before, review finds",
            "description": "Report also found fewer women were having babies, with a drop of 11% last year compared to 2014",
            "content": "Last year, 40.6% of women gave birth through Caesarean section compared to 29.6% in 2014. Also 38.5% of women were induced compared to 29.6% in 2014, the Irish Maternity Indicator System National Report (IMIS) shows.\nDr Cliona Murphy, national infant... [2082 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41749761.html",
            "image": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/9750/4875435_5_seoimageog_a3d00e2f-bcc8-4304-8d32-ceea1bb7d526.jpg.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-27T00:05:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "634dc62a3fe9c48f4c2cc004e680a220",
                "name": "Irish Examiner",
                "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "344b59474cfa0c73073ed33dcbe916d3",
            "title": "Over 75 per cent of Irish adults report sleep issues and find stress and screens are fuelling night-time awakenings",
            "description": "New research reveals that 78 per cent of Irish adults experience at least one sleep problem, with 32 per cent reporting difficulty falling asleep and returning to sleep when they wake at night.",
            "content": "New research reveals that 78 per cent of Irish adults experience at least one sleep problem, with 32 per cent reporting difficulty falling asleep and returning to sleep when they wake at night.\nThe research found that multiple awakenings are common, ... [1668 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/148479/over-75-per-cent-of-irish-adults-report-sleep-issues-and-find-stress-and-screens-are-fuelling-night-time-awakenings",
            "image": "https://www.advertiser.ie/images/logos/galway-logo2.png",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-27T00:03:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6e94f74aa91307c69cadf9396ae6c7d5",
                "name": "Galway Advertiser",
                "url": "https://www.advertiser.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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