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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": 183998,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "395f0cd4193dc242fc030c31239061ed",
            "title": "Three children in same family secure €3.6m after settling cases over epilepsy drug",
            "description": "Cases alleged failure to investigate risks of mother taking sodium valproate during pregnancies",
            "content": "Three children from the same family who sued claiming there was a failure to adequately inform their mother of the risks associated with an epilepsy drug in pregnancy have settled High Court actions.\nThe settlements provide them with interim payouts ... [1969 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/03/26/three-children-in-same-family-secure-36m-after-settling-cases-over-epilepsy-drug/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7FHEWBJYGBFKZAB3JBGKTDKSJ4.JPG?smart=true&auth=6a9c4890630bccb60e2853ab8834231ff4442cc98f6ba6aa8a07da4fb18ba399&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-26T18:22:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9b7c5aec57b65526c13f13d8be0177c6",
            "title": "Medical Council told Wexford GP’s tweets on Covid",
            "description": "Dr Ralph, who runs his own practice at The Ballagh Health Centre, The Ballagh, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, is facing six separate allegations of ...",
            "content": "Séan McCárthaigh\nA series of social media posts by a Wexford GP, which criticised measures to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, introduced doubt in the public about the safety and effectiveness of public health guidelines, a medical inquiry has heard.\nAn... [4475 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.roscommonherald.ie/medical-council-told-wexford-gps-tweets-on-covid-19-inappropriate-and-risked-public-trust_arid-92535.html",
            "image": "https://www.roscommonherald.ie/cms_media/module_img/7681/3840778_1_articledetail_cc-dr-billy-ralph-151-e1774544963305.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-26T18:11:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "87d505fcb3f691a50327fec99808bc35",
                "name": "roscommonherald.ie",
                "url": "https://www.roscommonherald.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7a6371c4e3006c22fe99281ce3fab77b",
            "title": "Medical Council told Wexford GP’s tweets on Covid-19 ‘inappropriate’ and risked public trust",
            "description": "Dr Ralph, who runs his own practice at The Ballagh Health Centre, The Ballagh, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, is facing six separate allegations of professional misconduct",
            "content": "A series of social media posts by a Wexford GP, which criticised measures to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, introduced doubt in the public about the safety and effectiveness of public health guidelines, a medical inquiry has heard.\nAn expert witness f... [4592 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/medical-council-told-wexford-gps-tweets-on-covid-19-inappropriate-and-risked-public-trust-1879822.html",
            "image": "https://img.resized.co/breaking-news/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL2ltYWdlcy5icmVha2luZ25ld3MuaWVcXFwvcHJvZFxcXC91cGxvYWRzXFxcLzIwMjZcXFwvMDNcXFwvMjYxNzA4MjhcXFwvQ0MtRHItQmlsbHktUmFscGgtMTUxLWUxNzc0NTQ0OTYzMzA1LmpwZ1wiLFwid2lkdGhcIjoxMjAwLFwiaGVpZ2h0XCI6NjI3LFwiZGVmYXVsdFwiOlwiaHR0cHM6XFxcL1xcXC93d3cuYnJlYWtpbmduZXdzLmllXFxcL2lcXFwvYm4tbm9pbWFnZS5wbmdcIixcIm9wdGlvbnNcIjpbXX0iLCJoYXNoIjoiMzY1ZDQwNDJjM2NlMjNiYzI2ZTk4NmYwNDg4MmI3ZWQ3MjVmNWEzZSJ9/medical-council-told-wexford-gp-s-tweets-on-covid-19-inappropriate-and-risked-public-trust.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-26T17:20:18Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1951d186094a4179f14aad4185bb1055",
                "name": "BreakingNews.ie",
                "url": "https://www.breakingnews.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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