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": 233330,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d69ab3be5df0d259a4ef732b8094f614",
            "title": "Tributes after death of 108-year-old Cork nun Sr Colette Hickey, who was Ireland's oldest woman",
            "description": "Sr Colette joined the Good Shepherd Sisters over 90 years ago at the age of 17, and founded Edel House in 1972. She become Ireland's oldest living person just weeks ago",
            "content": "She was named the very first Cork Person of the Year in 1993, and given an award presented by then taoiseach Albert Reynolds.\nCork Person of the Year Award organiser Manus O’Callaghan said: “She’s been a great friend to me since then, because we were... [2173 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41867976.html",
            "image": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10259/5129985_8_org_Untitled_20design_20_89_.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-24T10:52:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "634dc62a3fe9c48f4c2cc004e680a220",
                "name": "Irish Examiner",
                "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d7e26b3bcb13cddcde840518c9765365",
            "title": "Dublin man who beat girlfriend and kicked her in face is jailed",
            "description": "Eyewitnesses to late-night assault in Kimmage heard Strickland Christopher (37) saying ‘I’m going to kill you’",
            "content": "A man who beat his girlfriend around the head with a stone and kicked her in the face has been jailed for one year and eight months.\nChristopher Strickland (37) kicked the woman’s face with force after he had knocked her to the ground, Dublin Circuit... [2380 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/24/dublin-man-who-beat-girlfriend-and-kicked-her-in-face-is-jailed/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JAI2PDVN7NCX7GC2RIK4XJUEZQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=b0cd95610d0110ba128e508adec9e0d5f2207b6e3e9cd374d11445371d1aac3b&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-24T07:00:41Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cb471cc9ccbfb4205b1010c414be3ab7",
            "title": "Heat dome sees temperatures soar across Ireland and Europe; Paris reaches 41 degrees",
            "description": "A status yellow high temperature warning is in force until Friday morning as temperatures soar",
            "content": "Main Points\nMet Éireann says daytime temperatures will be in excess of 27 degrees during the week before climbing towards 30 degrees on Thursday\nThe heat dome has pushed temperatures above 40 degrees in parts of western Europe this week\nFrance record... [4062 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/06/24/ireland-weather-heatwave-met-eireann-live-latest-europe/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7VQGI3WPQ5GRGG7VCRABZIYK4A.jpg?smart=true&auth=df7a9088a1e08d90fe655f6f93b50c6f09eaa7da0453d86ef88ed8f2322b3200&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-24T06:56:36Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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