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": 200040,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "6d68965c1ee74e31d75c480beded46bc",
            "title": "DR Congo to open three Ebola treatment centres as rare strain spreads",
            "description": "The World Health Organisation has declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.",
            "content": "The Democratic Republic of the Congo will open three treatment centres for the Ebola virus in the eastern Ituri province following an outbreak of a variant that has no approved therapeutics or vaccines.\nThe news came as the World Health Organisation ... [4867 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.breakingnews.ie/world/dr-congo-to-open-three-ebola-treatment-centres-as-rare-strain-spreads-1901489.html",
            "image": "https://img.resized.co/breaking-news/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL2ltYWdlcy5icmVha2luZ25ld3MuaWVcXFwvcHJvZFxcXC91cGxvYWRzXFxcLzIwMjZcXFwvMDVcXFwvMTgxNTIyNThcXFwvNTFlZWQyMWY2ZGNhNDBkN2IxNzFkNDliMWJkMWM2N2QtMi5qcGdcIixcIndpZHRoXCI6MTIwMCxcImhlaWdodFwiOjYyNyxcImRlZmF1bHRcIjpcImh0dHBzOlxcXC9cXFwvd3d3LmJyZWFraW5nbmV3cy5pZVxcXC9pXFxcL2JuLW5vaW1hZ2UucG5nXCIsXCJvcHRpb25zXCI6W119IiwiaGFzaCI6ImIyYTg1MzMyODM3NDg5OWZhODliZWIyMjdjZmMyZTVjZDMyODYyODgifQ==/dr-congo-to-open-three-ebola-treatment-centres-as-rare-strain-spreads.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T19:17:59Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1951d186094a4179f14aad4185bb1055",
                "name": "BreakingNews.ie",
                "url": "https://www.breakingnews.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f48a9594ac7ec8bff0ea3e8a01bb3722",
            "title": "Rush to contain Ebola outbreak as death toll rises to 80",
            "description": "Medical personnel were rushing to the frontlines of a new Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo whose late detection and quick spread have alarmed health experts.",
            "content": "Medical personnel were rushing to the frontlines of a new Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) whose late detection and quick spread have alarmed health experts.\nThe World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a publ... [4232 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0518/1574005-ebola-outbreak/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/002462c9-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T17:19:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f6cf0cd7cf57eb3f51f9f2e21c73b650",
            "title": "Hunter chases cancelled as British racing takes action against equine flu concerns",
            "description": "Hunter chases have been cancelled by the BHA as part of attempts to isolate British racing from the continuing increase in cases of equine flu.... Read More",
            "content": "Hunter chases have been cancelled by the BHA as part of attempts to isolate British racing from the continuing increase in cases of equine flu.\nAlongside the cancellation, which will impact Stratford’s prestigious hunter chase evening on May 29, othe... [1892 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.racingpost.com/news/britain/hunter-chases-cancelled-as-british-racing-takes-action-against-equine-flu-concerns-auogv7b0GPyT/",
            "image": "https://media.racingpost.gcpp.io/prod/images/gm_preview/260171fba295-24876.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T14:45:08Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3bf341e968205cbe76774fddc5f038f9",
                "name": "Racing Post",
                "url": "https://www.racingpost.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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