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": 201884,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "504117e10e798a91a233ed61584fa1de",
            "title": "Long-Read DNA Test Could Replace 15 Existing Tests for Rare Diseases",
            "description": "A DNA test for rare diseases can provide much more comprehensive results than standard diagnostics in a shorter amount of time.",
            "content": "Researchers in the Netherlands have developed a DNA test for rare diseases that can provide much more comprehensive results than standard diagnostics in a shorter amount of time. A study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine reports ... [2959 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.insideprecisionmedicine.com/topics/molecular-dx/long-read-dna-test-could-replace-15-existing-tests-for-rare-diseases/",
            "image": "https://www.insideprecisionmedicine.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Radboudumc-Alexander-Hoischen-long-read-sequencing-DNA-test-for-rare-disease.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-13T08:45:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "109f786697844947c1fdd219350f1b78",
                "name": "Inside Precision Medicine",
                "url": "https://www.insideprecisionmedicine.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bb46a869bb4b535f93d26ae1c4b2a0df",
            "title": "mRNA Therapy Shows Potential to Reprogram Allergic Responses",
            "description": "Combining allergen-specific mRNA therapy with mTOR inhibition enhanced immune tolerance and reduced allergic inflammation in Asthma",
            "content": "A novel combination of mRNA technology and immune modulation may offer a new strategy for treating allergic diseases, according to new research demonstrating enhanced immune tolerance and reduced allergic inflammation in a preclinical model.\nMoving B... [2553 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.emjreviews.com/allergy-immunology/news/mrna-therapy-shows-potential-to-reprogram-allergic-responses/",
            "image": "https://www.emjreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/AdobeStock_532133463.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-13T08:23:29Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a9f12901925fcfb02f9d57b5db396471",
                "name": "EMJ",
                "url": "https://www.emjreviews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "69705e0b55b154c1f69c1ebdce1a608d",
            "title": "Council issues update on Mayo beaches without lifeguards this weekend",
            "description": "A NUMBER of beaches around Mayo will not have lifeguards on duty over the course of this weekend.",
            "content": "A NUMBER of beaches around Mayo will not have lifeguards on duty over the course of this weekend.\nMayo County Council has advised the public that the following beaches will not be lifeguarded this weekend:\nSaturday, June 13: Silver (Dugort) Beach, Ac... [1322 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.con-telegraph.ie/2026/06/13/council-issues-update-on-mayo-beaches-without-lifeguards-this-weekend/",
            "image": "https://imengine.public.prod.cmg.infomaker.io/?uuid=0066817b-ef83-5a51-944f-6de2b268f9fa&function=cropresize&type=preview&source=false&q=75&crop_w=0.99999&crop_h=0.84428&width=1200&height=675&x=1.0E-5&y=0.0788",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-13T08:04:31Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5e325e039bdb394e4efd426df9023d9e",
                "name": "Connaught Telegraph",
                "url": "https://www.con-telegraph.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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