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": 197878,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "dc35eb4c12ae10962b4fd4d630c7b19f",
            "title": "Congo says confirmed Ebola cases rise to 956",
            "description": "The Democratic Republic of Congo has said ⁠the number of confirmed Ebola cases in the country ‌had risen ⁠to ‌956, including 247 ⁠deaths.",
            "content": "The Democratic Republic of Congo has said ⁠the number of confirmed Ebola cases in the country ‌had risen ⁠to ‌956, including 247 ⁠deaths.\nThis represents a rise since Friday, when confirmed cases were at ⁠933, with 245 deaths.\nThe spike in cases come... [1055 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0620/1579510-dr-congo-ebola/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00248c55-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-20T22:53:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "516184f3f37e6055ee34071882e1ffb4",
            "title": "'You kill the bacteria and heal the wound at the same time': Emerging nanotech could be the future of wound healing",
            "description": "Slow-healing lesions — common in diabetics and burn victims — can lead to lingering infections that resist antibiotic treatment. A new approach using light-activated therapies may offer a solution.",
            "content": "For most people, a minor cut or scrape is no big deal — the body heals itself quickly, and antibiotics can deal with any infections. But some wounds, such as severe burns and diabetic ulcers, are prone to bacterial infections that can become resistan... [5240 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.livescience.com/health/you-kill-the-bacteria-and-heal-the-wound-at-the-same-time-emerging-nanotech-could-be-the-future-of-wound-healing",
            "image": "https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/owNyR2W7U6gVdbtX2AZYMR-1920-80.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-20T18:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "95993cee63c947c63f6bfe9192834ef8",
                "name": "Live Science",
                "url": "https://www.livescience.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "dc6858eb335d462a760569eeba151331",
            "title": "How people use music shapes their emotional experiences, new study finds",
            "description": "A new study from the University of Jyväskylä shows who is more likely to experience mixed emotions while listening to music—and that our relationship with music is more complex and nuanced than we might assume. The study appears in the Journal of Research in Personality.",
            "content": "A new study from the University of Jyväskylä shows who is more likely to experience mixed emotions while listening to music—and that our relationship with music is more complex and nuanced than we might assume. The study appears in the Journal of Res... [2806 chars]",
            "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-people-music-emotional.html",
            "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2026/how-people-use-music-s.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-20T15:00:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fc12437cc984742bf9a97820262ab48a",
                "name": "Medical Xpress",
                "url": "https://medicalxpress.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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