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": 215356,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "485794afa13c97d37ad404183aff4ca2",
            "title": "'Everywhere in Ireland' - Lyme disease symptoms explained as HSE issues warning over tick bites",
            "description": "A tick bite can only cause Lyme disease in humans if the tick has bitten an infected animal",
            "content": "At Reach and across our entities we and our partners use information collected through cookies and other identifiers from your device to improve experience on our site, analyse how it is used and to show personalised advertising. You can opt out of t... [360 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/health-news/everywhere-ireland-lyme-disease-symptoms-37129266",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.irishmirror.ie/article37129265.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_GettyImages-2162225224.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T11:23:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3f207a072857e314b4314cf28017474e",
                "name": "Irish Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.irishmirror.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "300d085dda6fe5fb9767baba672712ee",
            "title": "Hantavirus outbreak: Third Briton has suspected case, KLM flight attendant tests negative",
            "description": "Suspected case on South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha comes after three people died from outbreak on cruise ship",
            "content": "An additional suspected case ‌of hantavirus has been identified in a British national on ​the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, UK officials said.\nThree people – a Dutch ​couple and a German national – died in ‌the outbreak on the luxury cru... [1823 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/05/08/hantavirus-outbreak-latest-news/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IXZMPSFGQBEMDKA5WNX6XMJCHI.jpg?smart=true&auth=e0d38b710514818c8a4c1a5dcbb8fb3758c3f26245f4a9b9ba9d58b6c9097af3&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T07:38:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9e8ddc293e15dd6201ad5c10e26e8f15",
            "title": "UK says third British person has suspected hantavirus",
            "description": "Britain's health ⁠security agency has said that an additional suspected case of hantavirus had been identified in a British ‌national ⁠on the South Atlantic island of Tristan de Cunha.",
            "content": "Britain's health ⁠security agency has said that an additional suspected case of hantavirus had been identified in a British ‌national ⁠on the South Atlantic island of Tristan de Cunha.\nTwo British nationals have been confirmed ‌as cases of hantavirus... [4245 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0508/1572287-hantavirus-cruise-ship/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00245476-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T04:46:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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