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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": 202426,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "21b49d9e29be37224f9a27f3171ec624",
            "title": "Bird flu outbreak at Laois turkey farm",
            "description": "Bird flu outbreak at Laois turkey farm - News - Laois Nationalist",
            "content": "A LARGE turkey farm in Laois has been hit by a devastating outbreak of bird flu.\nThe Department of Agriculture has confirmed that the disease was detected at the farm, just before the weekend.\nThe farm located near Ballybrittas has up to 30,000 turke... [2004 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.laois-nationalist.ie/news/bird-flu-outbreak-at-laois-turkey-farm_arid-78918.html",
            "image": "https://www.laois-nationalist.ie/cms_media/module_img/7642/3821447_6_org_3819355_1_articlelarge_Turkeys_for_sale.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-25T18:27:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "86cbaadb393966e008c23aa8e4d3af49",
                "name": "laois-nationalist.ie",
                "url": "https://www.laois-nationalist.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0a22c6f4484c617be40dd53791ebdc4e",
            "title": "DAFM confirms bird flu outbreak in turkey flock in Laois",
            "description": "The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has confirmed a fourth outbreak of bird flu in a commercial turkey flock.",
            "content": "The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has confirmed a fourth outbreak of avian influenza (bird flu) in a commercial turkey flock.\nThe department said that the latest outbreak was confirmed in a holding in Co. Laois on Friday (Nove... [1837 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/dafm-confirms-bird-flu-outbreak-in-turkey-flock-in-laois/",
            "image": "https://cdn.agriland.ie/uploads/2022/11/Turkeys.png",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-25T14:45:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a32f70781885308b1f0a6bf60e7b2c6a",
                "name": "Agriland",
                "url": "https://www.agriland.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5053c9472a4cfbfcc8aaaaf19b981ca7",
            "title": "HSE calls for eligible people in region to get flu vaccine",
            "description": "Influenza activity has increased but remains at low levels, according to the Health Surveillence Protection Centre.",
            "content": "Influenza activity has increased but remains at low levels, according to the Health Surveillance Protection Centre.\nThe HSE is urging those eligible to avail of the flu and Covid 19 vaccine, and for parents of eligible babies to avail of the free cat... [833 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.northernsound.ie/news/hse-calls-for-eligible-people-in-region-to-get-flu-vaccine-272466",
            "image": "https://img.resized.co/northernsound-ie/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwOlxcXC9cXFwvaW1nLm5vcnRoZXJuc291bmQuaWVcXFwvcHJvZFxcXC91cGxvYWRzXFxcLzEtMS5wbmdcIixcIndpZHRoXCI6MTIwMCxcImhlaWdodFwiOjYyNyxcImRlZmF1bHRcIjpcImh0dHBzOlxcXC9cXFwvd3d3Lm5vcnRoZXJuc291bmQuaWVcXFwvaW1hZ2VzXFxcL25vLWltYWdlLnBuZ1wiLFwib3B0aW9uc1wiOltdfSIsImhhc2giOiI4MjNjZDk0YjBkY2ZjNWE0YmFjYzYxNWU2ZDZkMmYyNGRhYzNhMjE0In0=/hse-calls-for-eligible-people-in-region-to-get-flu-vaccine.png",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-25T14:34:36Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ecf62a68625fc73075c04be727f23bd8",
                "name": "NorthernSound",
                "url": "https://www.northernsound.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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