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": 223224,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "179ec4a0be40e7a5b912780255afac20",
            "title": "Cork woman on board hantavirus ship tells of her shock at deaths during cruise",
            "description": "Ann Lane from Millstreet in Co Cork told the 'Irish Examiner' how passengers heard of the deaths of several fellow passengers",
            "content": "Ms Lane, aged 80 from Millstreet Co Cork, told the Irish Examiner: “One morning the captain came to speak to us and he said that a man who hadn’t been well had died in the night.\n“They had no clue he had any sort of virus.\nWe were absolutely stunned ... [1405 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41839320.html",
            "image": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10133/5066616_2_seoimageog_hantavirus_ship_2.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-04T21:28:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "634dc62a3fe9c48f4c2cc004e680a220",
                "name": "Irish Examiner",
                "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0004c4a66f5f8d8012eebb6ef771ca5a",
            "title": "All you need to know about bug spreading in Ireland that HSE warns is 'hard to avoid' right now",
            "description": "The HSE has warned that the highly contagious norovirus bug is spreading widely across Ireland and can be hard to avoid catching - here is everything you need to know",
            "content": "At Reach and across our entities we and our partners use information collected through cookies and other identifiers from your device to improve experience on our site, analyse how it is used and to show personalised advertising. You can opt out of t... [360 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rsvplive.ie/news/irish-news/you-need-know-bug-spreading-37108832",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.rsvplive.ie/article37108831.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_Young-woman-feeling-sick-throwing-up-vomiting-in-toilet.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-04T15:09:57Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "16e5e43933527e466bbad6f40bbf6e38",
                "name": "RSVP Live",
                "url": "https://www.rsvplive.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "35b55fe8e69f8d9390ec31876e31f599",
            "title": "‘Fed up of postcode lotteries’ - cancer researcher hits out as Northern Ireland left behind in one-minute treatment jab rollout",
            "description": "The north’s cancer patients are being left behind in a ‘postcode lottery’ as a revolutionary new injectable cancer treatment is rolled out across England and Wales, a leading researcher has warned.",
            "content": "Northern Ireland’s cancer patients are being left behind in a ‘postcode lottery’ as a revolutionary new injectable cancer treatment is rolled out across England and Wales, a leading researcher has warned.\nProfessor Mark Lawler, from Queen’s Universit... [2320 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/fed-up-of-postcode-lotteries-cancer-researcher-hits-out-as-northern-ireland-left-behind-in-one-minute-treatment-jab-rollout-LYP5W4Y7HZAXXI5J5UAVSM4IVU/",
            "image": "https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/R5BEH7TXGJKA3DZBTY2Z6AHOIA.jpg?smart=true&auth=889953dafedd53d1797ee7e5800558471c760c765c8adebf16f2dc53bedba120&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-04T14:56:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f16efc96d0de1a6b5398d732cce1fe7a",
                "name": "The Irish News",
                "url": "https://www.irishnews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

Categories