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": 221166,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b30f66643468e03d188a1b827b47ce82",
            "title": "Heart surgeon names 4 foods 'proven to shorten life' you should avoid",
            "description": "Dr Jeremy London, a board-certified cardiovascular surgeon with over 25 years of experience, has warned against four foods he claims are linked to a shorter lifespan — including processed foods, sugary drinks, alcohol and excess saturated fats",
            "content": "Dr Jeremy London, a board-certified cardiovascular surgeon with over 25 years of experience, has warned against four foods he claims are linked to a shorter lifespan — including processed foods, sugary drinks, alcohol and excess saturated fats\nA prom... [4935 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishmirror.ie/lifestyle/heart-surgeon-names-4-foods-37096408",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.irishmirror.ie/article37096776.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_GettyImages-2242494117.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-02T07:00:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3f207a072857e314b4314cf28017474e",
                "name": "Irish Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.irishmirror.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b7fbb1749138f46f3666cf3688fe0fc5",
            "title": "'He nearly left us twice': Mother’s plea for RSV vaccine after baby’s fight for life",
            "description": "A mother’s story underscores the stakes as Ireland weighs the cost and benefits of wider RSV immunisation rollout",
            "content": "Among the difficult memories she and her husband have is following an ambulance, lights flashing, from the hospital in Waterford to Dublin for specialist care.\nIt all came back to her this week when Hiqa said a pilot RSV immunisation programme runnin... [6294 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-41837546.html",
            "image": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10126/5063405_11_seoimageog_iStock-665515772.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-02T05:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "634dc62a3fe9c48f4c2cc004e680a220",
                "name": "Irish Examiner",
                "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6d2e3eba6479570779f6f37fb8100521",
            "title": "UK Health Security Agency want to test 3,000 university students for meningitis bacteria at the University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University",
            "description": "Scientists will be testing thousands of university students for meningitis to find out how common the strain is and investigate the outbreak.",
            "content": "Thousands of university students will be swabbed this month as part of an investigation into the outbreak of meningitis in Kent.\nScientists at the UK Health Security Agency want to test 3,000 university students across three campuses.\nThis includes s... [2198 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/thousands-of-kent-students-to-be-swabbed-for-meningitis-bact-339808/",
            "image": "https://www.kentonline.co.uk/_media/img/EB59LLTJSAXHEGLU07J8.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-01T19:51:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "86f34d88cdf9615a9af32303a7e5dc34",
                "name": "Kent Online",
                "url": "https://www.kentonline.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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