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": 184316,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2d1fd7735181d1a847b6d90b72c1d753",
            "title": "What is immunotherapy and how does it treat cancer and other conditions?",
            "description": "From infections and allergies to brain diseases and autoimmune disorders, a wave of trials offers hope",
            "content": "How do cancer immunotherapies work?\nCancer patients have seen great benefits from immunotherapies and dozens are now approved for more than 30 types of cancer. Some tumours evade the body’s defences by switching off immune cells, but antibody-based d... [3979 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/22/what-are-immunotherapies-and-how-do-they-treat-cancer-and-other-conditions",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/bb697fcc861a81edeb09f492f2f4b9d08ddb4641/9_0_1350_1080/master/1350.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=f9010e24002f9ae1f331fd23e622282a",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T17:42:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "de6d4490e055e749788e1542a152a7a1",
            "title": "Daily step count of average Brit revealed",
            "description": "Brits do an average of 6,478 steps a day – but feel guilty about it.\nA poll of 2,000 adults found 53 per cent don't meet the perceived daily...",
            "content": "Brits do an average of 6,478 steps a day – but feel guilty about it.\nA poll of 2,000 adults found 53 per cent don’t meet the perceived daily step count target of 10,000.\nHowever, only 26 per cent fail to meet the NEW recommended daily step count of 7... [4103 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesun.ie/health/16997665/brits-step-count-revealed/",
            "image": "https://www.thesun.ie/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/05/jack-russell-terrier-harness-walking-752693607.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1920&h=1080&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T16:36:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "75adf8e9d1744f288c0f3845d55cca10",
                "name": "The Irish Sun",
                "url": "https://www.thesun.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8eb05db06294597503c0f6e71f39af6a",
            "title": "Ageing with purpose: the surprising science of frailty reversal",
            "description": "Examine the impact of frailty on older adults and the simple yet powerful interventions that can enhance their quality of life.",
            "content": "Ide O’Shaughnessy, University of Limerick; Christina Hayes, University of Limerick, and Katie Robinson, University of Limerick\nSome of the most powerful interventions to slow or improve frailty are also the most ordinary: regular movement, adequate n... [5407 chars]",
            "url": "https://avondhupress.ie/ageing-with-purpose-the-surprising-science-of-frailty-reversal/",
            "image": "https://avondhupress.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/content-frailty-conversation-uk.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T15:53:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "75ac43e7db5bdfe66f9a10621971e82e",
                "name": "The Avondhu Newspaper",
                "url": "https://avondhupress.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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