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": 193320,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a187e389a5add2a64765d1e8a88670e0",
            "title": "How culture, stress, and social life may shape gut health",
            "description": "Abdominal pain before an important exam, nausea during intense stress, or sudden intestinal problems following difficult life experiences—many people regard such symptoms as a temporary bodily reaction. However, a growing body of evidence confirms that the relationship between the brain and the gut is far deeper. A publication co-authored by Professor Agata Mulak of Wroclaw Medical University indicates that gastrointestinal health is influenced not only by genes, diet and gut bacteria, but also by culture, social relationships, economic status and the way individuals function within society.",
            "content": "Abdominal pain before an important exam, nausea during intense stress, or sudden intestinal problems following difficult life experiences—many people regard such symptoms as a temporary bodily reaction. However, a growing body of evidence confirms th... [5545 chars]",
            "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-culture-stress-social-life-gut.html",
            "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2026/how-culture-stress-and.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-04T01:00:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fc12437cc984742bf9a97820262ab48a",
                "name": "Medical Xpress",
                "url": "https://medicalxpress.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7e344a58fe3d579fe7069a3883bc7485",
            "title": "Burns go deeper than they look - how HBOT can help with healing",
            "description": "As summer arrives, so too does barbecue season and more time spent working and socialising outside. While these moments are part of everyday life across Ireland, especially in farming and agricultural communities, they also bring a higher risk of sunburn and burns from hot surfaces, flames, machinery or chemical exposure.",
            "content": "As summer arrives, so too does barbecue season and more time spent working and socialising outside. While these moments are part of everyday life across Ireland, especially in farming and agricultural communities, they also bring a higher risk of sun... [1416 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/151142/burns-go-deeper-than-they-look-how-hbot-can-help-with-healing",
            "image": "https://www.advertiser.ie/images/logos/galway-logo2.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-04T00:02:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6e94f74aa91307c69cadf9396ae6c7d5",
                "name": "Galway Advertiser",
                "url": "https://www.advertiser.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "421ea0020007f3d680063d27d87a8552",
            "title": "WHO chief says progress being made on Ebola outbreak",
            "description": "The Ebola outbreak has had a big head-start, the World Health Organization chief said, but insisted efforts to rein in the deadly virus were making progress.",
            "content": "The Ebola outbreak raging in central Africa had a \"big head-start\", the World Health Organization chief said, but insisted efforts to rein in the deadly virus were making progress.\nThe outbreak, which was declared on 15 May in the northeastern Democr... [3260 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0603/1576662-ebola-who/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00247814-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-03T20:17:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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