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": 184878,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b20704e118261c634a82604d0e71693c",
            "title": "How do I avoid becoming frail and how is it different from normal ageing?",
            "description": "Experts emphasise early intervention and prevention, ideally starting in midlife",
            "content": "In the 1980s and 1990s, doctors diagnosed frailty largely based on their intuition. “We used to say: ‘You know it when you see it’” says Dr Peter Abadir, an associate professor of geriatric medicine and gerontology at the Johns Hopkins University Sch... [6237 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/05/25/how-do-i-avoid-becoming-frail-and-how-is-it-different-from-normal-ageing/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7J2BK3S7BFA6FIPFOZORIQQVWQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=fa67a623e1466f4b77a0e2559356624b833431837d03f24bd858d302bc41cabb&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-25T05:01:55Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cf3056cc1e6f08366a653b5c2171a598",
            "title": "Suspected Ebola cases rise to 900 in the DRC",
            "description": "More than 900 suspected Ebola cases have been identified in the conflict-hit Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief has said.",
            "content": "More than 900 suspected Ebola cases have been identified in the conflict-hit Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the World Health Organization (WHO) chief has said.\n\"As surveillance efforts have been scaled up in the #DRC #Ebola response, more than 9... [720 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0525/1575067-ebola-congo/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00246b3d-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-25T02:50:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0aa452d222c538d31ca751115a0237a0",
            "title": "Man dies after ceremony 'using drug made from poisonous Amazon tree frog'",
            "description": "A British wellness coach and cancer survivor, died after an apparent detox ceremony involving Kambo — a drug derived from the poisonous skin of an Amazonian tree frog",
            "content": "A British wellness coach and cancer survivor, died after an apparent detox ceremony involving Kambo — a drug derived from the poisonous skin of an Amazonian tree frog\nA wellness coach and cancer survivor has died following an apparent \"detox\" ceremon... [3664 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/world-news/man-dies-after-ceremony-using-37199995",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.irishmirror.ie/article37199993.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_Screenshot-2026-05-24-at-122744JPG.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-24T16:22:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3f207a072857e314b4314cf28017474e",
                "name": "Irish Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.irishmirror.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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