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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": 195130,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "70b3d7eeeb31243522ada46e2c59f6e0",
            "title": "Atypical mutation offers clues to personalized pancreatic cancer treatment",
            "description": "A new study led by Aaron Hobbs, Ph.D., and Rachel Burge, Ph.D., at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center, reveals why a specific gene mutation behaves differently from other variants.",
            "content": "A new study led by Aaron Hobbs, Ph.D., and Rachel Burge, Ph.D., at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center, reveals why a specific gene mutation behaves differently from other variants. The study, published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Associati... [7016 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260120/Atypical-mutation-offers-clues-to-personalized-pancreatic-cancer-treatment.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/image-handler/picture/2015/3/Pancreatic_Cancer_89a89cdc7f804d5b8329b646f86bbec6-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-20T19:12:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a5393f19757802ab4750c8e76a1faa8a",
            "title": "Prenatal paracetamol (acetaminophen) not linked to autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability",
            "description": "A large 2026 meta-analysis found no association between prenatal paracetamol (acetaminophen) use and autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in children.",
            "content": "Taking paracetamol (acetaminophen) during pregnancy does not increase the risk of autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or intellectual disability among children, according to a large systematic review and meta-an... [5710 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.contemporarypediatrics.com/view/prenatal-paracetamol-acetaminophen-not-linked-to-autism-adhd-or-intellectual-disability",
            "image": "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0vv8moc6/contpeds/e43943088547a1b9a886f920507266250160d75e-6383x3759.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-20T17:40:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b742b5187bef05e8904a6821373e827e",
                "name": "Contemporary Pediatrics",
                "url": "https://www.contemporarypediatrics.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "20fde00f28769769bad8d75945317a44",
            "title": "Kerry has one of lowest breast cancer survival rates in Ireland",
            "description": "Kerry has among the lowest survival rates of breast cancer of all 26 counties in the Republic, according to data over the last five years.",
            "content": "Kerry has among the lowest survival rates of breast cancer of all 26 counties in the Republic.\nData from the National Cancer Registry of Ireland released to Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín shows Kerry had a survival rate of 82.7% for invasive female breas... [491 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.radiokerry.ie/news/kerry-has-one-of-lowest-breast-cancer-survival-rates-in-ireland-468581",
            "image": "https://img.resized.co/radiokerry-ie/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwOlxcXC9cXFwvaW1nLnJhZGlva2VycnkuaWVcXFwvcHJvZFxcXC91cGxvYWRzXFxcL2NhbmNlci1QaXhhYmF5LTEwMjR4Njc4LmpwZ1wiLFwid2lkdGhcIjoxMjAwLFwiaGVpZ2h0XCI6NjI3LFwiZGVmYXVsdFwiOlwiaHR0cHM6XFxcL1xcXC93d3cucmFkaW9rZXJyeS5pZVxcXC9pbWFnZXNcXFwvbm8taW1hZ2UucG5nXCIsXCJvcHRpb25zXCI6W119IiwiaGFzaCI6IjE1ZmEwNzc1MWFiYmEyYjliMDg2NTY2NzViMjNmZjU3OGZmMTFlNTAifQ==/kerry-has-one-of-lowest-breast-cancer-survival-rates-in-ireland.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-20T17:14:37Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d70be5afcc144185a845be5ae3667cfd",
                "name": "Radio Kerry",
                "url": "https://www.radiokerry.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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