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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": 181754,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "6b7765f6cd0b9be8d29c10fdd469b814",
            "title": "Leeds University moonsighting project unites science and religion",
            "description": "The project hopes to end 'moon wars' between Mosques across the UK.",
            "content": "The University of Leeds has been part of a pioneering project teaching the Muslim practise of moonsighting.\nMoonsighters Academy is the first course of its kind in the UK, and will help educate 38 Muslim community leaders from across the country.\nUse... [2814 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj6w7g97ng5o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d330/live/e02daa80-ed6e-11f0-88e7-5d06f9172e94.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-11T09:19:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "776703853a6ebcf8aba8d63a36316bad",
            "title": "Brighton ecologist trying to see 6,000 species in 2026",
            "description": "Graeme Lyons, from Sussex, wants more people to get involved in \"pan-species listing\".",
            "content": "'I'm trying to see 6,000 species in a year'\n3 hours ago\nLiberty PhelanSouth East\nAn ecologist is hoping to see 6,000 different species in 2026.\nGraeme Lyons, 47, who lives in Brighton, takes part in a hobby known as 'pan-species listing', where peopl... [1984 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c150z2l1ylko",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/eaa0/live/53772fc0-ec89-11f0-9eec-7d519643d981.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-11T07:26:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6da2b29fe89f6ccc7b3c9a9ec5e54a57",
            "title": "'I was diagnosed with bowel cancer at 24 and you should never ignore 3 symptoms'",
            "description": "A woman who was diagnosed with stage three bowel cancer at the start of 2025 has urged people to pay attention to three key symptoms that led her to get a diagnosis",
            "content": "Bowel cancer is one of the most common forms of the disease in Britain, and catching it early can significantly improve treatment outcomes. The disease affects any part of the large bowel, including the colon and rectum, with severity varying dependi... [4285 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rsvplive.ie/life/health/i-diagnosed-bowel-cancer-24-36511295",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/article36511294.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/0_Female-doctor-talking-with-young-woman-in-exam-room.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-11T07:16:38Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "16e5e43933527e466bbad6f40bbf6e38",
                "name": "rsvplive.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rsvplive.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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