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": 207266,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "45a8da7832ebdb8e085bccafc9028011",
            "title": "Joint Committee on Health to meet for further engagement on Vaccines - policies, availability and uptake",
            "description": "The Joint Committee on Health will meet on Wednesday, 22nd April for engagement on Vaccines – policies, availability and uptake at 9:30am in Committee Room 2 of Leinster House.",
            "content": "The meeting will hear from:\n• Department of Health\n• Health Service Executive\nSpeaking ahead of the meeting, Committee Cathaoirleach Deputy Pádraig Rice said: “At our meeting last week, the Committee heard about the benefits of improving the availabi... [510 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/press-centre/press-releases/20260421-joint-committee-on-health-to-meet-for-further-engagement-on-vaccines-policies-availability-and-uptake/",
            "image": "https://www.oireachtas.ie/_resources/themes/oireachtas/img/og-hoo-logo.svg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T21:27:54Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ca1dbc95a7a513f8030320683a425f96",
                "name": "Houses of the Oireachtas",
                "url": "https://www.oireachtas.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2b9303df50f6b15fb2f40a406972dbae",
            "title": "University of Gothenburg: Early immune responses linked to protective HIV antibodies",
            "description": "Some people with HIV develop antibodies capable of neutralizing many different virus strains. Research links this to immune responses occurring early in infection.",
            "content": "University of Gothenburg news release\nDeveloping an effective HIV vaccine remains one of the major challenges in global health. One promising approach focuses on so-called broadly neutralizing antibodies, antibodies that can block many different vari... [803 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.eatg.org/hiv-news/university-of-gothenburg-early-immune-responses-linked-to-protective-hiv-antibodies/",
            "image": "https://www.eatg.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/fbce803b-f4c4-4a5e-b693-c952d803b75e.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T20:14:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "323e897150d4f6ea4eb50b9db2f4fb89",
                "name": "European AIDS Treatment Group",
                "url": "https://www.eatg.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2fa43b8d9e978ec2c8243b5a39b5d86d",
            "title": "Woman told 'go to doctors immediately' after waking up with strange mark on her chest",
            "description": "A woman was urged to seek medical attention after waking up and finding two mysterious bite marks on her chest that were red and raised, with people concerned it could be an \"emergency\"",
            "content": "A woman was urged to seek medical attention after waking up and finding two mysterious bite marks on her chest that were red and raised, with people concerned it could be an \"emergency\"\nA woman woke up to find two small marks on her chest, prompting ... [3443 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishmirror.ie/lifestyle/woman-told-go-doctors-immediately-37049044",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.irishmirror.ie/article37049043.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_Woman-having-chest-acne-problem-Chest-acne-is-a-real-thing-and-can-ruin-your-plans-of-wearing-a-deep-neckline.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T19:55:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3f207a072857e314b4314cf28017474e",
                "name": "Irish Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.irishmirror.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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