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": 214442,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "afc2f16475ebb49587a796474a8ff651",
            "title": "Man held after guns, ammunition seized in Maynooth",
            "description": "A man in his 30s was arrested after guns and ammunition were seized in Co Kildare.",
            "content": "A man in his 30s was arrested after guns and ammunition were seized in Co Kildare.\nDuring garda patrols as part of Operation Twin Tracks, a man on a scrambler bike was stopped on the Royal Canal Way in Maynooth yesterday evening.\nTwo semi-automatic p... [262 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/leinster/2026/0507/1572131-maynooth-kildare-arrest/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/002453e1-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T09:45:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ec855d36a7b7dc00c67f25f52dcaa9f3",
            "title": "Teacher struck off after inquiry into relationship with former student",
            "description": "Teaching Council inquiry found teacher engaged in professional misconduct linked to relationship with former student after Leaving Certificate exams",
            "content": "The three-person panel also found that her actions breached the Code of Professional Conduct for Teachers.\nThe sanction followed a fitness-to-teach inquiry held over six days between June 2025 and January 2026.\nNeither the teacher, who did not attend... [5563 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41840676.html",
            "image": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10139/5069877_3_seoimageog_CC_20FITNESS_20TO_20TEACH_20CASE4.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T09:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "634dc62a3fe9c48f4c2cc004e680a220",
                "name": "Irish Examiner",
                "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4ec50494853874128732d2859c490482",
            "title": "mL receives hospital pricing approval from HSE",
            "description": "Neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) is an eye disease that progresses rapidly and if left untreated can lead to vision loss in as little as three months",
            "content": "Neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) is an eye disease that progresses rapidly and if left untreated can lead to vision loss in as little as three months\nBayer is pleased to announce that the HSE has granted hospital pricing appr... [1223 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.imt.ie/news/healthcare-news/eylea-aflibercept-114-3-mg-ml-receives-hospital-pricing-approval-from-hse-07-05-2026/",
            "image": "https://d1l0gza1nowsqe.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/08/macular-620x330-GettyImages-512357565.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T08:49:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9abece19179cd866062599b53d837d3c",
                "name": "Irish Medical Times",
                "url": "https://www.imt.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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