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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": 190194,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b69800f0339d1608fe0558bbbf53dd6e",
            "title": "30% of chemo patients at UHG experienced delays in treatment",
            "description": "The figures also show that significant numbers of cancer patients were also left waiting when it comes to various surgical interventions.",
            "content": "30 per cent of patients undergoing chemotherapy at UHG were waiting longer than the HSE's recommended guidelines for treatment.\nThat's according to figures released to the Sinn Fein party, showing 27 percent were waiting longer than the target of 15 ... [826 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.galwaybayfm.ie/galway-bay-fm-news-desk/30-of-chemo-patients-at-uhg-experienced-delays-in-treatment-213478",
            "image": "https://img.resized.co/galwaybayfm-ie/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL2ltZy5nYWx3YXliYXlmbS5pZVxcXC9wcm9kXFxcL3VwbG9hZHNcXFwvQ2FudmEtVUhHLTEwMjR4NTU1LmpwZ1wiLFwid2lkdGhcIjoxMjAwLFwiaGVpZ2h0XCI6NjI3LFwiZGVmYXVsdFwiOlwiaHR0cHM6XFxcL1xcXC9pbWcuZ2Fsd2F5YmF5Zm0uaWVcXFwvc3RhZ2luZ1xcXC91cGxvYWRzXFxcL3BsYWNlaG9sZGVyLnBuZ1wiLFwib3B0aW9uc1wiOltdfSIsImhhc2giOiI1NTQ1MjUzZTRlNThlNWM0MzMyNmFjODI4YjY5Yzc5MzAyM2U2ZWM3In0=/30ofchemopatientsatuhgexperienceddelaysintreatmentgalwaybayfm.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-09T17:37:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aed9d5f145f75a6c49f4ac3c0f8d6eef",
                "name": "Galway Bay FM",
                "url": "https://www.galwaybayfm.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "94e3f3f120c765f0222d0297b759ab8e",
            "title": "Over €35,000 raised to help Cork family treat Evie Mae’s medical disorder",
            "description": "Evie Mae McGlynn was diagnosed with a rare blood vessel disorder, vein of Galen malformation (VOGM) in October, following a seizure at less than a ...",
            "content": "Almost €36,000 has been raised to help a Cork family to fund ongoing medical treatment for their five-month-old baby.\nEvie Mae McGlynn was diagnosed with a rare blood vessel disorder, vein of Galen malformation (VOGM) in October, following a seizure ... [2504 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-41790335.html",
            "image": "https://www.echolive.ie/cms_media/module_img/9924/4962209_1_seoimageog_IMG_0289.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-09T17:20:31Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f960a5c7170d668a44d9dcd52b0d2d0a",
                "name": "echo live",
                "url": "https://www.echolive.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fb25f1d0762fbb93ae98969d8bca13b2",
            "title": "Nervous system actively promotes pre-cancerous pancreatic lesions",
            "description": "Pancreatic cancer has a lot of nerve. Notoriously tricky to detect, the disease also often resists traditional therapy. So, researchers are urgently looking for new ways to disrupt tumor formation.",
            "content": "Pancreatic cancer has a lot of nerve. Notoriously tricky to detect, the disease also often resists traditional therapy. So, researchers are urgently looking for new ways to disrupt tumor formation. Though scientists know that the nervous system can h... [2079 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260209/Nervous-system-actively-promotes-pre-cancerous-pancreatic-lesions.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/image-handler/picture/2015/3/Pancreatic_Cancer_89a89cdc7f804d5b8329b646f86bbec6-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-09T16:43:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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