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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": 194792,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "5d8af1b32e73839355288a02abbd07be",
            "title": "Surgery usually fixes misaligned eyes in kids with Angelman: Study",
            "description": "Surgery aimed at correcting strabismus, or misalignment of the eyes, is usually successful in children with Angelman syndrome, a study shows.",
            "content": "Surgery aimed at correcting strabismus — a condition in which the eyes are misaligned and do not point in the same direction, causing vision problems — is usually successful in children with Angelman syndrome, according to a new study led by scientis... [3999 chars]",
            "url": "https://angelmansyndromenews.com/news/surgery-usually-corrects-misaligned-eyes-angelman-children-study-finds/",
            "image": "https://angelmansyndromenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/BioNews_Favicon-1.svg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-14T00:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "19bc748d2041459c94cf6ec9ede2af8c",
                "name": "Angelman Syndrome News",
                "url": "https://angelmansyndromenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "aa61798f0c228e408277afc92c4ca137",
            "title": "Parents’ intake of sugar substitutes may influence offspring gut biology, study finds",
            "description": "A mouse study in Frontiers in Nutrition found that parental sucralose and stevia intake altered gut microbiota, short-chain fatty acids, and gene expression across generations, with sucralose showing the stronger and more persistent effects. The changes were transmitted to offspring not directly exposed to the sweeteners, although several effects were attenuated by the F2 generation.",
            "content": "A new mouse study suggests that sweeteners consumed by parents may reshape gut bacteria, microbial metabolites, and metabolic signals in offspring, with sucralose leaving the strongest multigenerational imprint.\nStudy: Artificial and natural non-nutr... [6486 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260413/Parentse28099-intake-of-sugar-substitutes-may-influence-offspring-gut-biology-study-finds.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/images/news/ImageForNews_835077_17761229378448907.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-13T23:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "52af80e6dbe11d3a31b7332d8a95bfc6",
            "title": "Scientists use whole exome sequencing to discover a new rare genetic disease",
            "description": "Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and an international team of collaborators used a genetic sequencing technique called whole exome sequencing to discover a new rare genetic disease.",
            "content": "Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and an international team of collaborators used a genetic sequencing technique called whole exome sequencing to discover a new rare genetic disease.\nThe researchers published findings A... [3752 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260413/Scientists-use-whole-exome-sequencing-to-discover-a-new-rare-genetic-disease.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/image-handler/picture/2014/7/DNA_Genetics-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-13T19:53:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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