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": 223344,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "5829a277a26e612aef32961b70b565b8",
            "title": "Dr Catherine Conlon: Hantavirus at sea triggers a global health response",
            "description": "Scientists are investigating how a rodent-borne infection appeared among passengers on a cruise ship, despite minimal person-to-person spread.",
            "content": "HANTAVIRUS – THE LITTLE-KNOWN virus spread by rodents that tragically caused the death of actor Gene Hackman’s wife last year is in the news again.\nTwo Irish people are confirmed to be on a cruise ship in the Atlantic after a suspected hantavirus out... [7702 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/hantavirus-7031002-May2026/",
            "image": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/7031002/river/?height=400&version=7031007",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-05T06:02:37Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4b076cf5299b6d16a1b9fef3b354aade",
                "name": "The Journal",
                "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "76ea55dbce10bc475acef678a2b5fdf3",
            "title": "Seven cases of hantavirus identified on cruise ship - WHO",
            "description": "The World Health Organization ⁠said that seven cases of hantavirus have been identified after a ‌suspected ⁠outbreak on a luxury cruise ship held off West Africa carrying mostly British, American ‌and Spanish passengers.",
            "content": "The World Health Organization ⁠said that seven cases of hantavirus have been identified after a ‌suspected ⁠outbreak on a luxury cruise ship held off West Africa carrying mostly British, American ‌and Spanish passengers.\n\"As of 4 May, ‌seven cases (t... [4272 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0505/1571719-cruise-ship-virus/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00245112-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-05T00:04:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "11c339632f560082df255ce3280d20f0",
            "title": "‘He was deceased on the ship for several days’: Irishwoman describes hantavirus outbreak",
            "description": "Ann Lane’s cruise on the MV Hondius has become a distressing ordeal following the deaths of three passengers",
            "content": "An Irish woman stranded on a vessel off Cape Verde after three passengers died following a suspected hantavirus outbreak has described the distressing ordeal of recent days.\nAnn Lane, originally from Cork but a resident of Donnybrook, south Dublin fo... [7026 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/05/04/he-was-deceased-on-the-ship-for-several-days-irishwoman-describes-hantavirus-outbreak/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YXZ2XVAUDLITCZWZJ6XZYG3YQE.jpg?smart=true&auth=07c697ec7af69c5b371b0480d0101b90aaf48e90f2cc4599f35e3a60d6de0f9f&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-04T22:56:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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