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": 188136,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "074f7807763d2036b077c04abc030a7b",
            "title": "WHO announces first confirmed Ebola recovery in DRC",
            "description": "The World Health Organization has announced the first recovery of a confirmed Ebola patient in the outbreak raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo.",
            "content": "The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the first recovery of a confirmed Ebola patient in the outbreak raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo.\n\"The DRC has said that on 27 May, a patient recovered and left the hospital and has been dis... [1021 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0529/1575886-ebola/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/002471ec-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-29T10:04:54Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3de583bf817e8f2fff5fb1fdd2e18df0",
            "title": "Ballina woman shares her story for World MS Day",
            "description": "For Rachel, World MS Day is important because it spreads awareness, supports fundraising and helps educate people about MS.",
            "content": "For Rachel Keavney from Ballina, Co. Mayo, living with multiple sclerosis means navigating a condition she describes as “invisibly unpredictable.”\nRachel is sharing her story as part of MS Ireland’s World MS Day 2026 campaign, MS Journeys: Many Faces... [4490 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.westernpeople.ie/news/ballina-woman-shares-her-story-for-world-ms-day_arid-99735.html",
            "image": "https://www.westernpeople.ie/cms_media/module_img/7702/3851447_2_articledetail_Rachel_K_1.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-29T08:40:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8814ecea7ce6b0858574c805c666d46f",
                "name": "westernpeople.ie",
                "url": "https://www.westernpeople.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "aa9beaae5bdb274cd70cf2facf0632fb",
            "title": "'Contact pharmacies' warning as common blood pressure medication used by millions urgently recalled",
            "description": "It could lead to serious side effects",
            "content": "The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued an urgent warning after an error was made in the production of blood pressure tablets.\nCrescent Pharma Limited make the ramipril 2.5mg capsules, a widely prescribed drug for hi... [2897 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.ladbible.com/news/uk-news/ramipril-high-blood-pressure-medicine-tablets-recall-937513-20260529",
            "image": "https://resizer.ladbiblegroup.com/ogimage/v3/assets/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a/bltc0cc36599a0d73f2/6a1939c3880c48578ccaf6b5/blood-pressure-meds.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-29T07:24:41Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3b970e4c2f6645b2fbe0790a7f380c38",
                "name": "LADbible",
                "url": "https://www.ladbible.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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