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": 217244,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c2a8f7dbbf2952cb4ad713fa15fdb705",
            "title": "Limerick man receives €9.75m after claiming delayed meningitis diagnosis caused brain injury",
            "description": "Eoin Danaher (25) of Raheen, Co Limerick, had, through his mother Kay Danaher, sued the HSE over his care at St Munchin’s Regional Maternity Hospital, Limerick, around the time of his birth.",
            "content": "A 25-year-old Limerick man who claimed he suffered a brain injury after contracting meningitis around the time of his birth has settled a High Court action for €9.75 million.\nEoin Danaher, Raheen, Co Limerick, who has a significant cognitive impairme... [4394 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/limerick-man-receives-e9-75m-after-claiming-delayed-meningitis-diagnosis-caused-brain-injury-1893452.html",
            "image": "https://img.resized.co/breaking-news/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL2ltYWdlcy5icmVha2luZ25ld3MuaWVcXFwvcHJvZFxcXC91cGxvYWRzXFxcLzIwMjFcXFwvMTJcXFwvMDIxNzQ2MDJcXFwvZm91cmNvdXJ0c2ZpbGVwaG90by1lMTYzODQ2NzE5MTM2OS5qcGVnXCIsXCJ3aWR0aFwiOjEyMDAsXCJoZWlnaHRcIjo2MjcsXCJkZWZhdWx0XCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL3d3dy5icmVha2luZ25ld3MuaWVcXFwvaVxcXC9ibi1ub2ltYWdlLnBuZ1wiLFwib3B0aW9uc1wiOltdfSIsImhhc2giOiJiZjNmMTA4NDBhMDZkNzg0OTIxNzE1YjcyMjg0Yzk3MDNjNGJjNzdhIn0=/limerick-man-receives-9-75m-after-claiming-delayed-meningitis-diagnosis-caused-brain-injury.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T12:23:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1951d186094a4179f14aad4185bb1055",
                "name": "BreakingNews.ie",
                "url": "https://www.breakingnews.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ae8d9d2d77888d845ce176ef06cd1de0",
            "title": "Bayer to Present 13 Abstracts From Its Stroke Franchise at ESOC 2026, Including Two Late-breaking Analyses From the Phase III OCEANIC-STROKE Trial of Asundexian",
            "description": "Bayer today announced that a broad set of data from its stroke franchise will be presented at the 2026 European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC), includ...",
            "content": "WHIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bayer today announced that a broad set of data from its stroke franchise will be presented at the 2026 European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC), including new late-breaking analyses from its global, landmark Pha... [9363 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260429090990/en/Bayer-to-Present-13-Abstracts-From-Its-Stroke-Franchise-at-ESOC-2026-Including-Two-Late-breaking-Analyses-From-the-Phase-III-OCEANIC-STROKE-Trial-of-Asundexian",
            "image": "https://mms.businesswire.com/media/20260429090990/en/830197/22/Bayer_Logo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T12:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "faa207db5381edc12400fbb5c91df94e",
                "name": "Business Wire",
                "url": "https://www.businesswire.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6262bc2badd75cfc3ac0571c26d080e9",
            "title": "Visitor restrictions lifted at Cork's Mercy University Hospital",
            "description": "The restrictions were put in place last Wednesday due what the hospital said were 'infection prevention and control reasons'",
            "content": "The Mercy University Hospital has announced that general visitor restrictions have been lifted and the hospital is now fully reopened to visitors.\nDue to what it said were “a number of viruses currently circulating in the community”, the hospital imp... [659 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-41836097.html",
            "image": "https://www.echolive.ie/cms_media/module_img/10118/5059052_1_seoimageog_LC_20mercy_2001.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T11:29:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f960a5c7170d668a44d9dcd52b0d2d0a",
                "name": "echo live",
                "url": "https://www.echolive.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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