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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": 182666,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c791603da51d4376aee5e4f53358d2e8",
            "title": "UQ researchers awarded $29m from NHMRC grants",
            "description": "In a major boost for health research, 22 UQ researchers and teams have secured $29 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council across the Ideas grants and Postgraduate Scholarships.",
            "content": "In a major boost for health research, 22 UQ researchers and teams have secured $29 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council across the Ideas grants and Postgraduate Scholarships.\nThis funding supports early and mid-career researc... [4197 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.uq.edu.au/2026-01-uq-researchers-awarded-29m-nhmrc-grants",
            "image": "https://news.uq.edu.au/sites/default/files/styles/card_image/public/2025-08/uni-news-student-laptop-great-court.jpg?h=a81fead4&itok=5WDLSLlJ",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-12T05:56:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "952a26198c5dc050c9ba7f484bbe3ce8",
                "name": "UQ News",
                "url": "https://news.uq.edu.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5e5d31f48e932354622e3e8d89b318e5",
            "title": "Six ways to improve cancer MDT meetings",
            "description": "In this opinion piece, Nicky Thorp (Royal College of Radiologists) provides a 6-point reform plan to improve the ways cancer MDT meeting's are run.",
            "content": "Demand for cancer care is growing. Meanwhile, a widening range of treatment options and an ageing population with more comorbidities mean that clinical decision-making is becoming increasingly complex. Amid these challenges, the NHS Cancer Plan for E... [7637 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.oncology-central.com/six-ways-to-improve-cancer-mdt-meetings/",
            "image": "https://www.oncology-central.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Feature-image-1-10.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-12T05:43:55Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8c808e3298c26ec63e1570c02b4191eb",
                "name": "Oncology Central",
                "url": "https://www.oncology-central.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cac8688b5abe044fe5d851a6592f6380",
            "title": "Virtual reality helping patients in chronic pain",
            "description": "Headsets aiding cancer patients and children undergoing care in public hospitals in Limerick and Galway",
            "content": "“These would be patients who’ve had chemotherapy and have pain in their hands and feet after it; with diabetes or people who had shingles; people who have chronic regional pain syndrome,” said Ms Kiernan.\nShe starts with a treatment called qutenza. T... [2448 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41773598.html",
            "image": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/9855/4927592_9_seoimageog_15122025_Anne_Marie_Kiernan_Croom_Orthopedic_Hospital_0206.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-12T01:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "634dc62a3fe9c48f4c2cc004e680a220",
                "name": "Irish Examiner",
                "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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