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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": 175872,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "0c2b1e6136fb7e3c87203e6e4700a7a0",
            "title": "Newly discovered survival pathway explains stubborn EGFR-driven lung cancers",
            "description": "Scientists from A*STAR Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (A*STAR IMCB) have identified why certain lung cancer cells become highly resistant to treatment after developing mutations in a key gene called EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor).",
            "content": "Scientists from A*STAR Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (A*STAR IMCB) have identified why certain lung cancer cells become highly resistant to treatment after developing mutations in a key gene called EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor). I... [3653 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260121/Newly-discovered-survival-pathway-explains-stubborn-EGFR-driven-lung-cancers.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/image-handler/picture/2014/7/174318220-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-22T02:09:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a99c3d007448e43261faa54accc32502",
            "title": "Northern Ireland’s cancer waiting times ‘to worsen without emergency action’",
            "description": "Cancer waiting times in Northern Ireland are set to get worse unless emergency action is taken to protect patients, new research has revealed. Over the next fiv...",
            "content": "Cancer waiting times in Northern Ireland are set to get worse unless emergency action is taken to protect patients, new research has revealed.\nOver the next five years around 20,000 people in Northern Ireland will not start treatment on time unless a... [2918 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.ireland-live.ie/news/northern-ireland/1995587/northern-irelands-cancer-waiting-times-to-worsen-without-emergency-action.html",
            "image": "https://www.ireland-live.ie/resizer/1200/700/true/pa/2026_01_22/1769041545189_0.jpg--.jpg?1769041545223",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-22T00:28:41Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3541a6aff5fb33dd974a93a600a58aff",
                "name": "ireland-live.ie",
                "url": "https://www.ireland-live.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2005a5d315f1d81d48349616e27b03ec",
            "title": "Cancer patient says recovery is down to no treatment delay",
            "description": "Cancer Research UK warns that emergency measures to tackle NI's cancer diagnosis backlog must be introduced.",
            "content": "'My cancer prognosis was so good because I was seen quickly'\n27 minutes ago\nMarie-Louise ConnollyHealth correspondent, BBC News NI\nJennifer Dummigan's cancer journey was different to that of most people in Northern Ireland.\nIn December 2023, she noti... [5268 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g0vy6yyqdo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/0d16/live/e8a678c0-f725-11f0-9d23-7f6974c9a69f.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-22T00:02:24Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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