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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": 174954,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b23ded453ce0e4edd38188973eb39686",
            "title": "Woman's inquest records medical misadventure after she died using HSE home-birth service",
            "description": "Laura Liston (36) died a number of hours after delivering her son in a birthing pool, using an HSE home-birth service",
            "content": "HSE home-birth services remain paused across the Mid-West region following the death of a woman who suffered complications after giving birth to her first child, at her home, her inquest heard Wednesday.\nLaura Liston (36) had dreamed of becoming a mo... [4785 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/womans-inquest-records-medical-misadventure-after-she-died-using-hse-home-birth-service-1852556.html",
            "image": "https://img.resized.co/breaking-news/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL2ltYWdlcy5icmVha2luZ25ld3MuaWVcXFwvcHJvZFxcXC91cGxvYWRzXFxcLzIwMjZcXFwvMDFcXFwvMTQxOTEzMjFcXFwvVW50aXRsZWQtZGVzaWduLTIwMjYtMDEtMTRUMTkxMjQxLjE0NC5qcGdcIixcIndpZHRoXCI6MTIwMCxcImhlaWdodFwiOjYyNyxcImRlZmF1bHRcIjpcImh0dHBzOlxcXC9cXFwvd3d3LmJyZWFraW5nbmV3cy5pZVxcXC9pXFxcL2JuLW5vaW1hZ2UucG5nXCIsXCJvcHRpb25zXCI6W119IiwiaGFzaCI6ImQ0NWI5YTVkMjY3NDU5OTQ1MTk1YzdiMWQ1ODAyMTdmZjk2NDQwODMifQ==/woman-s-inquest-records-medical-misadventure-after-she-died-using-hse-home-birth-service.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-14T21:04:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1951d186094a4179f14aad4185bb1055",
                "name": "BreakingNews.ie",
                "url": "https://www.breakingnews.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "dba51d39fbbe74add03dffa04e3bd87b",
            "title": "Woman, 65, appears in court in connection with fatal road traffic collision in Limerick",
            "description": "The case has been adjourned back to Newcastle West Court in February for DPP's directions",
            "content": "A WOMAN has appeared in court in connection with a fatal road traffic collision which claimed the life of a motorcyclist in County Limerick.\nJack O’Donoghue, aged 33, was pronounced deceased at the scene at Clounreask, Askeaton - near his home - on A... [1519 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/crime-and-courts/1989032/woman-65-appears-in-court-in-connection-with-fatal-road-traffic-collision-in-limerick.html",
            "image": "https://www.limerickleader.ie/resizer/1200/700/true/2026_01_14/late_jack_o_donogue_rtc_n_ilim_12-01-25-1768395559236_1768395713.jpg--woman__65__appears_in_court_in_connection_with_fatal_road_traffic_collision_in_limerick.jpg?1768395713425",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-14T21:02:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "16286a116943f7648aa213d96102672e",
                "name": "Limerick Leader",
                "url": "https://www.limerickleader.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4529f64fdf6393e63bb65dde90d69cbf",
            "title": "'It's all she wanted, to be a mother', Laura Liston's grieving husband tells coroner's court in Limerick",
            "description": "Fergal Mannion recalled how his late wife held their son for a few minutes with 'tears of joy in her eyes', before she 'fainted and dropped the baby in the birthing pool'",
            "content": "Ms Liston, aged 36, gave birth to a healthy baby boy on June 4, 2022, at home near Croom under the HSE National Homebirth Service. She died in the early hours of June 5 at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) after experiencing complications when tryin... [4312 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41775881.html",
            "image": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/9864/4932173_14_seoimageog_LC_20inquest_20kilmallock_2030.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-14T20:25:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "634dc62a3fe9c48f4c2cc004e680a220",
                "name": "Irish Examiner",
                "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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