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": 221646,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ec1fb2ae26b5bdfb638830d340de0743",
            "title": "Extortion trial hears of 'devastating' threats to man",
            "description": "A Drogheda businessman who had a pipe bomb and bullets left at his front door and was threatened that he would \"end up like Kevin Lunny\", has described the devastating impact of threats to his life has had on him and his family.",
            "content": "A Drogheda businessman who had a pipe bomb and bullets left at his front door and was threatened that he would \"end up like Kevin Lunny\", has described the devastating impact of threats to his life has had on him and his family.\nNeil Kelly gave a vic... [9445 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0507/1572240-neil-kelly/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/002454bd-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T19:05:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ff6f8017d8bf8677749bd3a6591bdc45",
            "title": "Housing minister to meet Oliver Bond residents following outcry over scrapping of regeneration scheme",
            "description": "Housing Minister James Browne has agreed to meet residents of Dublin’s Oliver Bond flat complex following uproar over his decision to scrap its regeneration scheme, years in the making.",
            "content": "Frank Clarke, chair of the Oliver Bond Regeneration Forum, confirmed that the meeting would be proceeding in the middle of next week “with details still to be worked out”.\nThe forum has been heavily involved in developing the now-scrapped plans to re... [4485 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/dublin-news/housing-minister-to-meet-oliver-bond-residents-following-outcry-over-scrapping-of-regeneration-scheme/a1054114720.html",
            "image": "https://focus.independent.ie/thumbor/siPbupqnYx_AKjgqb15WgKPrwEo=/0x20:960x660/629x0/prod-mh-ireland/64e59540-2b22-496e-a75e-78064f7c54e7/5b37971d-d83a-4e2e-9975-930d17d3a5dd/64e59540-2b22-496e-a75e-78064f7c54e7.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T18:20:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ae507f956c22e5192e709803bdcb0f18",
                "name": "The Irish Independent",
                "url": "https://www.independent.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f9af5f4ede2df20b76d75a728b624592",
            "title": "Fine Gael, Independent Ireland and Labour in strongest contention for Galway West seat - poll",
            "description": "Irish Times/TG4 opinion poll shows Fine Gael’s Seán Kyne in slim lead over Independent Ireland’s Noel Thomas",
            "content": "Fine Gael’s Seán Kyne holds the slimmest of leads over Independent Ireland rival Noel Thomas in the Galway West byelection campaign, according to an Irish Times/TG4 opinion poll in the constituency.\nThe poll, carried out by Ipsos B&A, also shows a st... [2796 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/07/galway-west-byelection-opinion-poll-fine-gael-sean-kyne-independent-noel-thomas/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NSXGYCMKEJGPBMWGFIVOTXLT5U.JPG?smart=true&auth=866944ae982e7dfa8cc3f86155c7e6d0782ffcfbca713eced5a93c20e02eed52&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T18:00:44Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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