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Ireland Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Ireland with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Ireland Nation 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=nation&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 171742,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2446c1a2bd1baf8f8d933cde8e438f27",
            "title": "Arts Council needs a more ‘fit for purpose’ board, says review of botched €5.3m IT project",
            "description": "Business case for initiative had understated costs and failed to include VAT or expense of streamlining",
            "content": "The Arts Council needs a more “fit-for-purpose board” with skills in governance, human resources and law and “not just knowledge of the arts”, an expert advisory group has recommended.\nThe independent review was ordered after the arts organisation’s ... [3501 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/01/11/more-fit-for-purpose-arts-council-board-needed-says-review-of-botched-53m-it-project/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7Z7ZQU5DVJEY5ACPRJRTWHJPYM.JPG?smart=true&auth=e066f0921cfd95cc36011f6c59b17b3ec6028bea4f705112ef08d453c5c50e85&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-11T20:17:05Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "29652f4553a38342a3161223581d592b",
            "title": "Limerick man to face trial following €1 million crime spree across three counties",
            "description": "Charges include handling stolen property, criminal damage and seven of burglary relating to different locations in Limerick, Clare and Galway",
            "content": "A LIMERICK man is to face trial before the circuit court in Ennis arising from an alleged crime spree across Limerick, Clare and Galway.\nAt Ennis District Court, Judge Alec Gabbett was told a book of evidence has been completed in the case of Tyreke ... [1304 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/crime-and-courts/1984903/limerick-man-to-face-trial-following-1-million-crime-spree-across-three-counties.html",
            "image": "https://www.limerickleader.ie/resizer/1200/700/true/2026_01_08/Ennis_Courthouse_with_sign-1767891821502.jpg--limerick_man_to_face_trial_following__1_million_crime_spree_across_three_counties.jpg?1767891822490",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-11T20:02:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "16286a116943f7648aa213d96102672e",
                "name": "Limerick Leader",
                "url": "https://www.limerickleader.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "433285c554e59f6f8d40966a662af9b6",
            "title": "Cork buses collide with poles,bollards, branches ... and a stone!",
            "description": "Buses collided with a tree on four occasions and a pole on a further four.",
            "content": "There were 78 bus collisions in Cork city in just three months last year, as buses collided with vehicles, trees, poles, bollards, branches, fences, and hedges.\nNew data shows that, between July and October, 80 buses were damaged in Cork, with almost... [2970 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-41773772.html",
            "image": "https://www.echolive.ie/cms_media/module_img/9855/4927730_1_seoimageog_0D811F7E-247D-4C16-8B18-193FFE1DF0DB.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-11T19:57:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f960a5c7170d668a44d9dcd52b0d2d0a",
                "name": "echo live",
                "url": "https://www.echolive.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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