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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": 185738,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "03b9940a55cd90437b3fc6cb0ff69ae9",
            "title": "Up to 1,500 could be hospitalised with flu by Christmas week - minister",
            "description": "A new flu strain 'subclade K' now circulating in Ireland is said to cause more severe symptoms than previous strains of influenza",
            "content": "She called on anyone vulnerable to the flu to get vaccinated. “Our modelling shows we could have 1,500 people in hospital Christmas week with the flu,” she told Newstalk on Friday.\nA new flu strain causing fear in Japan and elsewhere is now circulati... [2648 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41751129.html",
            "image": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/9757/4878588_4_seoimageog_ba2bf422-7f39-4db0-948d-da2d13bad5ae.jpg.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-28T18:31:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "634dc62a3fe9c48f4c2cc004e680a220",
                "name": "Irish Examiner",
                "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1ddb925d185f88047761a53452a125f1",
            "title": "Ex-Man Utd boss Louis van Gaal says prostate cancer statistics cannot be ignored",
            "description": "The UK National Screening Committee’s draft recommendation argued that there were more harms than benefits to using the PSA test for screening all men",
            "content": "Health Secretary Wes Streeting says he will examine the evidence ahead of the final decision in March, by which point Van Gaal hopes more thought is given to the decision.\nThe Dutchman, who managed United between 2014 and 2016, revealed in April 2022... [316 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-41751147.html",
            "image": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/9757/4878582_1_seoimageog_2.70182504.jpg.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-28T18:25:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "634dc62a3fe9c48f4c2cc004e680a220",
                "name": "Irish Examiner",
                "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6aab3f1e951c4d96fce51a6e9004d9b9",
            "title": "Prostate cancer screening: UK Committee says no to testing all men",
            "description": "The UK National Screening Committee said there were more harms than benefits to using the PSA test for screening all men.",
            "content": "Prostate cancer screening should not be made routinely available for the vast majority of men in the UK, a committee advising the Government has said.\nIn a draft recommendation, the UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC) said it would not recommend ... [4222 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.breakingnews.ie/world/prostate-cancer-screening-committee-says-no-to-testing-all-men-1835853.html",
            "image": "https://img.resized.co/breaking-news/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL2ltYWdlcy5icmVha2luZ25ld3MuaWVcXFwvcHJvZFxcXC91cGxvYWRzXFxcLzIwMjVcXFwvMTFcXFwvMjgxNjA1MDZcXFwvOGNkNjkyNjgtNDljMi00YzQwLWI3OWQtODJjNjYwMzliOGYzLmpwZ1wiLFwid2lkdGhcIjoxMjAwLFwiaGVpZ2h0XCI6NjI3LFwiZGVmYXVsdFwiOlwiaHR0cHM6XFxcL1xcXC93d3cuYnJlYWtpbmduZXdzLmllXFxcL2lcXFwvYm4tbm9pbWFnZS5wbmdcIixcIm9wdGlvbnNcIjpbXX0iLCJoYXNoIjoiNDM4MjVkMTc1OWRjMzdhOTk1MzNhM2YwMDlhYWI2MzgyN2RkYWEzZCJ9/prostate-cancer-screening-uk-committee-says-no-to-testing-all-men.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-28T16:26:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1951d186094a4179f14aad4185bb1055",
                "name": "BreakingNews.ie",
                "url": "https://www.breakingnews.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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