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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": 196444,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "0dd8a2ae19e4a55f1b501b679e58f1d7",
            "title": "Awards for Cork university's cancer researchers",
            "description": "The event, hosted by the Irish Cancer Society’s head of research Dr Claire Kilty, celebrates some of the work in cancer research being carried out by ...",
            "content": "University College Cork (UCC) researchers were recently honoured at the Irish Cancer Society Research Awards for their work to address the unmet needs of cancer survivors, including men with advanced genitourinary cancers.\nThe event, hosted by the Ir... [1603 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-41803307.html",
            "image": "https://www.echolive.ie/cms_media/module_img/9977/4988612_1_seoimageog_L-R_20Jack_20Gleeson_2c_20Anita_20Cahill_2c_20Katie_20Johnston_2c_20Brendan_20Noonan_2c_20Steph_20Corkery.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-03T17:03:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f960a5c7170d668a44d9dcd52b0d2d0a",
                "name": "echo live",
                "url": "https://www.echolive.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "be067b3ea7923acf2bc5e064916362ac",
            "title": "Visiting update for Sligo University Hospital after winter vomiting bug outbreak",
            "description": "Due to an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug (Norovirus) Sligo University Hospital is appealing to the public not to visit if they have any symptoms.",
            "content": "The hospital is currently dealing with a Norovirus outbreak impacting a number of wards.\nVisiting restrictions are in place on outbreak wards, with visiting restricted to compassionate grounds only and with prior arrangements with Ward manager, in ad... [1065 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligo/news/visiting-update-for-sligo-university-hospital-after-winter-vomiting-bug-outbreak/a619214097.html",
            "image": "https://focus.independent.ie/thumbor/o2JckSMGDrhsqSx5gQOmHRMgi4k=/629x460/smart/prod-mh-ireland/64c95b5a-f140-4577-8c3f-18faa2a1d6e4/88780335-4f98-4f95-b552-988f4600d426/64c95b5a-f140-4577-8c3f-18faa2a1d6e4.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-03T17:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ae507f956c22e5192e709803bdcb0f18",
                "name": "The Irish Independent",
                "url": "https://www.independent.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d0289b1dea913a204ed3b77987b0d6ec",
            "title": "HIV patients are especially vulnerable to extreme weather events",
            "description": "Researchers uncover the effects of extreme weather events on HIV patients in clinics worldwide",
            "content": "Extreme weather events (EWEs), such as floods, blizzards, hurricanes or droughts, threaten everyday normalcy for millions of people around the globe. Coupled with trying to get timely health care, EWE exposure can change the course of an infectious i... [5718 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.ucsb.edu/2026/022417/hiv-patients-are-especially-vulnerable-extreme-weather-events",
            "image": "https://news.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/2026-03/HIV-clinic-istock-uc-santa-barbara.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-03T16:30:36Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "bc594f561f854131fbed8b5e2d196047",
                "name": "UC Santa Barbara",
                "url": "https://news.ucsb.edu"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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