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": 198792,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e03ea454eeff4ea6c62310168246c211",
            "title": "Irish Heart Foundation Calls for Ban on Digital Junk Food Marketing",
            "description": "The Irish Heart Foundation would like to share some events and activities with you that will be coming up over the next few months.",
            "content": "At a meeting of the Oireachtas Heart and Stroke Group in Leinster House, the Irish Heart Foundation called for legislative action to protect children from digital junk food marketing.\nFor the first time in history, children on the island of Ireland a... [2304 chars]",
            "url": "https://irishheart.ie/news/irish-heart-foundation-calls-for-ban-on-digital-junk-food-marketing/",
            "image": "https://irishheart.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/advocay-homepage.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-16T16:08:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b83d704e3f0ec0aeadcf0061b8285fc4",
                "name": "Irish Heart Foundation",
                "url": "https://irishheart.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fa6008a46b9da623ea9c8229989fd8df",
            "title": "Two-year wait for vital lymphoedema treatment at Cork University Hospital",
            "description": "The most urgent cases are seen within two weeks, but the longest wait is 16 months. There are a further 43 breast cancer patients on the waiting list ...",
            "content": "Breast cancer patients are waiting up to two years to be treated in Cork University Hospital for lymphoedema, a chronic swelling caused by fluid build-up.\nLymphoedema is a lifelong condition, which means that patients remain under ongoing review and ... [2211 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-41828324.html",
            "image": "https://www.echolive.ie/cms_media/module_img/10084/5042081_3_seoimageog_CUH.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-16T16:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f960a5c7170d668a44d9dcd52b0d2d0a",
                "name": "echo live",
                "url": "https://www.echolive.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "17249b88b8a71cbc2d5852933f4a8fcb",
            "title": "GLP-1 Use May be Tied to Erectile Dysfunction",
            "description": "Find out more about the association between GLP-1 use in patients with Type 2 diabetes and erectile dysfunction.",
            "content": "GLUCAGON-LIKE peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists use in patients with Type 2 diabetes is modestly associated with an increased rate of erectile dysfunction, a 2026 target trial emulation has found.\nInconsistent Evidence Around GLP-1s and Sexual Heal... [2517 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.emjreviews.com/diabetes/news/glp-1-use-may-be-tied-to-erectile-dysfunction/",
            "image": "https://www.emjreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/4pm-diab-5.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-16T15:03:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a9f12901925fcfb02f9d57b5db396471",
                "name": "European Medical Journal",
                "url": "https://www.emjreviews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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