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": 213566,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ca5caec06c4c8295c7fcb7b171377b48",
            "title": "Woman claiming she has distorted vision after alleged diagnosis delay sues Cork doctor service",
            "description": "Lisa Hayes has sued the out-of-hours Cork city doctor service, SouthDoc Services Ltd, Cork city, and two GPs over the care received four years ago.",
            "content": "High Court Reporter\nA 49-year old woman who has claimed she is left with distorted vision in one eye after an alleged delay in the diagnosis of a retinal detachment has sued in the High Court.\nMother of three, Lisa Hayes from Togher, Cork, has claime... [2944 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.laois-nationalist.ie/woman-claiming-she-has-distorted-vision-after-alleged-diagnosis-delay-sues-cork-doctor-service_arid-97071.html",
            "image": "https://www.laois-nationalist.ie/cms_media/module_img/7694/3847428_1_articledetail_istock-1181024482-e1636567773528.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-05T17:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "86cbaadb393966e008c23aa8e4d3af49",
                "name": "laois-nationalist.ie",
                "url": "https://www.laois-nationalist.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "da4a68d115c5770e78fd94c6444f992c",
            "title": "INA meeting to hear of burden of neurological disorders",
            "description": "The 62nd annual Irish Neurological Association Meeting will take place from May 14 to 15 in Clontarf Castle Hotel",
            "content": "The 62nd annual Irish Neurological Association Meeting will take place from May 14 to 15 in Clontarf Castle Hotel\n‘The burden of neurological disorders and the importance of brain health related to epilepsy’ is the title of the keynote lecture to be ... [3488 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.imt.ie/news/ina-meeting-to-hear-of-burden-of-neurological-disorders-in-keynote-lecture-05-05-2026/",
            "image": "https://d1l0gza1nowsqe.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/06/GettyImages-667835410-neurology-620.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-05T15:11:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9abece19179cd866062599b53d837d3c",
                "name": "Irish Medical Times",
                "url": "https://www.imt.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8bf1686b73e3ff22dabfa96509eeb52f",
            "title": "Hantavirus: Risk of wider spread ‘low’ despite suspected person-to-person transmission",
            "description": "Infectious diseases expert says ‘majority’ of cases are typically found in Asia and Europe, with fatality rate of between 1 and 15%",
            "content": "When news emerged over the weekend that three people on board a cruise ship died following a suspected hantavirus outbreak, people across the world began to wonder: is this something we should be worried about?\nThough haunted by the memories of Covid... [3770 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/05/05/hantavirus-risk-of-wider-spread-low-despite-suspected-person-to-person-transmission/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QNY5D4B6TNQJ7F3N5UORLD2KLE.jpg?smart=true&auth=dd615dd21242b36b27f59fea0df9443457638b8546ae52d6da9df2b8b02bd68b&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-05T13:40:53Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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