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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": 185820,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "eebd4249f7c2ba154158fbb95c1f15a7",
            "title": "Cancer, heart disease and dementia risk can be lowered with handful of 3 fruits",
            "description": "The food you eat can lower your risk of developing several serious and chronic illnesses - these fruits can be picked up in any supermarket or grocer",
            "content": "You may not have heard of antioxidants but they play a crucially important role in keeping you healthy and your body working better for longer.\nThis is because antioxidants, which are nutrients found in food, help prevent cell damage caused by \"free ... [2985 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rsvplive.ie/life/health/cancer-heart-disease-dementia-risk-36716195",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article36716211.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/1_Berries-rich-in-antioxidants.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-13T10:02:48Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "16e5e43933527e466bbad6f40bbf6e38",
                "name": "RSVP Live",
                "url": "https://www.rsvplive.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0c0427a341af587ce6c441c1ced4ca51",
            "title": "Family 'broken' as mum, 25, given 18 months to live after 'migraines'",
            "description": "Paige Carter said she didn't believe it when she was told",
            "content": "A young mum who was told her debilitating head pressure was down to migraines has been given just 18 months to live. Paige Carter, 25, said she visited her GP three times complaining of excruciating pain, but was informed it was likely severe headach... [3639 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rsvplive.ie/life/health/family-broken-mum-25-given-36716061",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/article36716057.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/1_mums-migraines-1499724.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-13T09:42:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "16e5e43933527e466bbad6f40bbf6e38",
                "name": "RSVP Live",
                "url": "https://www.rsvplive.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "77aea5c7069017f69b8773c3a73164ba",
            "title": "Too many warnings on statins - none required on junk food",
            "description": "If we ate well – most of us would not need statins, writes Dr Catherine Conlon",
            "content": "If we ate well – most of us would not need statins, writes Dr Catherine Conlon\nNew research from Oxford University is advising that more people should be taking statins, after finding the side effects have been hugely overstated.\nThe researchers have... [7198 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.imt.ie/opinion/too-many-warnings-on-statins-none-required-on-junk-food-13-02-2026/",
            "image": "https://d1l0gza1nowsqe.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/10/GettyImages-85632699-junk-food-620.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-13T08:37:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9abece19179cd866062599b53d837d3c",
                "name": "Irish Medical Times",
                "url": "https://www.imt.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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