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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": 188006,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "20395bb4bcd41b5e49e772e5c5b20fd6",
            "title": "Cancer Society's 'health matters' roadshow for Cork dates",
            "description": "The roadshow will run from 9am-6pm each day and members of the public are invited to come along to seek support and advice free of charge.",
            "content": "The Irish Cancer Society’s ‘Your Health Matters’ Roadshow will be in Wilton Shopping centre on Wednesday February 11 and Thursday February 12.\nThe roadshow will run from 9am-6pm each day and members of the public are invited to come along to seek sup... [1135 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-41789006.html",
            "image": "https://www.echolive.ie/cms_media/module_img/9919/4959668_3_seoimageog_iStock-2161316967.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-07T17:05:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f960a5c7170d668a44d9dcd52b0d2d0a",
                "name": "echo live",
                "url": "https://www.echolive.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8f04e4fe476686f8e93e62a2d0362a8c",
            "title": "IFA says it is ‘reasonable to expect’ more cases of bluetongue disease to be identified in coming weeks",
            "description": "Nearly two weeks on from the first case of bluetongue disease being identified on a farm in Co Wexford, and then in subsequent herds on other farms, the Irish Farmer’s Association chair of animal health has said it is “reasonable to expect that more cases will be detected in the days and weeks ahead” as surveillance is carried out.",
            "content": "Speaking from his own farm, David Hall revealed “the disease is spread by a midge and can only spread when temperatures are above 12 to 15 degrees, so there's a low risk of onward spread at this time of year.”\nThere are currently no restrictions on t... [1439 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.independent.ie/farming/news/ifa-says-it-is-reasonable-to-expect-more-cases-of-bluetongue-disease-to-be-identified-in-coming-weeks/a942988680.html",
            "image": "https://focus.independent.ie/thumbor/3saRXWBngg65doi8gE1fq5jr4oM=/0x0:3238x2158/629x0/prod-mh-ireland/070b6a52-5a4b-4b9c-ade4-87a40311011d/134c88b0-7449-46d0-adee-cbf3ec503834/070b6a52-5a4b-4b9c-ade4-87a40311011d.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-07T16:40:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ae507f956c22e5192e709803bdcb0f18",
                "name": "The Irish Independent",
                "url": "https://www.independent.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ca2e89cd15ecb7211b36ebd6dd570ae1",
            "title": "More than half of men undergoing prostate cancer treatment had surgery delayed",
            "description": "In 2025, 61 per cent of prostate cancer surgeries, 45 per cent of breast cancer operations and 39 per cent of lung cancer surgeries were delayed",
            "content": "In 2025, 61 per cent of prostate cancer surgeries, 45 per cent of breast cancer operations and 39 per cent of lung cancer surgeries were delayed\nMore than half of men undergoing prostate cancer surgery had their operation delayed, new statistics have... [2818 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/politics/more-half-men-undergoing-prostate-36675297",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.irishmirror.ie/article36446285.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/0_GettyImages-2160932500.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-07T16:31:28Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3f207a072857e314b4314cf28017474e",
                "name": "Irish Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.irishmirror.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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