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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": 188726,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8fff93042a00fff711c0e91f69368475",
            "title": "Cicada Covid variant: New symptoms and vaccine concerns as strain spreads",
            "description": "The Cicada variant of Covid-19 is a highly mutated strain detected in 23 countries, with health officials warning vaccines may be less effective against it",
            "content": "The Cicada variant of Covid-19 is a highly mutated strain detected in 23 countries, with health officials warning vaccines may be less effective against it\nA fresh variant of the Covid-19 virus has started spreading throughout Europe.\nThe Cicada vari... [3031 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/health/cicada-covid-variant-new-symptoms-33690595",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.dublinlive.ie/article33690594.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_A-positive-and-negative-Covid-19-test-stock.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-31T11:27:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "30d63c07aa2e9af493ca4d4ca571a41a",
                "name": "dublinlive.ie",
                "url": "https://www.dublinlive.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b48b1c16cfdfbd8e37c8107944be4bbd",
            "title": "Vibrations in your skull may be your next password",
            "description": "A team led by Rutgers University researchers has developed a security system that could change how people log in to virtual and augmented reality platforms by eliminating passwords, personal identification numbers and eye ...",
            "content": "A team led by Rutgers University researchers has developed a security system that could change how people log in to virtual and augmented reality platforms by eliminating passwords, personal identification numbers and eye scans and replacing them wit... [4156 chars]",
            "url": "https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-vibrations-skull-password.html",
            "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2026/vibrations-in-your-sku.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-31T10:39:38Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c88b209fa1285546303dff40d1ec45c7",
                "name": "Tech Xplore",
                "url": "https://techxplore.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2b5274dc7ce94d286e9ee3c3731c1664",
            "title": "Visitor restrictions at Cork University Hospital lifted after 25 days",
            "description": "The visitor restrictions that were implemented at Cork University Hospital (CUH) in the wake of the Norovirus outbreak have been lifted.",
            "content": "The restrictions were in place from Thursday, March 5 and were lifted on Monday, March 30.\nVisiting hours, which ranged from 2pm to 4pm and 6pm to 8pm, are now back in action while visiting remains restricted outside of these two time slots, unless p... [838 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.independent.ie/regionals/cork/news/visitor-restrictions-at-cork-university-hospital-lifted-after-25-days/a884829453.html",
            "image": "https://focus.independent.ie/thumbor/ZUyHqIxxp9hX0Z5FaQ_PRJnSTcE=/629x460/smart/prod-mh-ireland/abfe0311-6285-4b7d-b51d-fff1602b58d0/199aa3ed-2086-4ee5-bff0-2b0ba251d839/abfe0311-6285-4b7d-b51d-fff1602b58d0.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-31T10:20:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ae507f956c22e5192e709803bdcb0f18",
                "name": "The Irish Independent",
                "url": "https://www.independent.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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