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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": 189166,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2722e2c522a81bfee32c61d3d692499f",
            "title": "'Negative viscosity' helps propel groups of migrating cells, study finds",
            "description": "The cells in our bodies move in groups during biological processes such as wound healing and tissue development—but because of resistance, or viscosity, those cells can't just neatly glide past each other.",
            "content": "The cells in our bodies move in groups during biological processes such as wound healing and tissue development—but because of resistance, or viscosity, those cells can't just neatly glide past each other.\nOr can they?\nUsing a pioneering method they ... [2515 chars]",
            "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-01-negative-viscosity-propel-groups-migrating.html",
            "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2026/physics-defying-discov.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-31T09:50:53Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6063be7565dcd637bb5d2946ed6c5329",
                "name": "Phys.org",
                "url": "https://phys.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cbb04b035ebdadc876b04389ba3502db",
            "title": "TV: Anxious day for Cork mum in programme that goes behind the scenes at CUH",
            "description": "The series follows staff shifts and patient journeys across the Cork hospital.",
            "content": "At just four months old, baby Shea is about to have an operation to correct his cleft lip.\nWe see how he fares in the next episode of documentary series Any Given Day: Cork University Hospitalon RTÉ1 on Wednesday at 9.35pm, as his anxious mother Lorr... [891 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.echolive.ie/corklives/arid-41785142.html",
            "image": "https://www.echolive.ie/cms_media/module_img/9903/4951661_2_seoimageog_dan_2bcuh_2b3.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-31T09:44:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f960a5c7170d668a44d9dcd52b0d2d0a",
                "name": "echo live",
                "url": "https://www.echolive.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fbfafaadbb6e8fd40ab5d2e726bb5770",
            "title": "First-of-its-kind clinical guidance on psychedelic medicine released",
            "description": "Unbound Medicine and Johns Hopkins Medicine today announced a significant expansion of the Johns Hopkins Psychiatry POC-IT Guide, a leading digital resource for clinicians and trainees worldwide.",
            "content": "Unbound Medicine and Johns Hopkins Medicine today announced a significant expansion of the Johns Hopkins Psychiatry POC-IT Guide, a leading digital resource for clinicians and trainees worldwide. The latest update introduces first-of-its-kind clinica... [2215 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260130/First-of-its-kind-clinical-guidance-on-psychedelic-medicine-released.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/images/tags/TagImage-1831-45296002389942131275-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-31T02:41:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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