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": 211090,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b043d928c0fd675680c23979aa4d4018",
            "title": "'Heartbroken' brother of Scarlett Faulkner laid to rest a week after sister's death",
            "description": "“We cannot ignore the closeness of these two tragedies,” Canon Donal McNamara said.",
            "content": "BROKEN-HEARTED LIMERICK man, Jason Faulkner, was laid to rest today, a week on from his sister Scarlett’s funeral, after she died from injuries sustained in an alleged iron-bar attack.\nJason Faulkner, (30s), was heartbroken following his sister’s dea... [4078 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/heartbroken-brother-of-scarlett-faulkner-laid-to-rest-a-week-after-sisters-death-7022724-Apr2026/",
            "image": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/7022724/river/?height=400&version=7022736",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T13:41:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4b076cf5299b6d16a1b9fef3b354aade",
                "name": "The Journal",
                "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "23ca855fb3389ef8f5572c56569a8739",
            "title": "New date set for Jozef Puska’s appeal",
            "description": "Puska is serving a life sentence for the murder of Ashling Murphy (23), whom he attacked and stabbed repeatedly in the neck as she exercised along the canal towpath outside Tullamore, Co Offaly on January 12th, 2022.",
            "content": "An appeal brought by Jozef Puska against his conviction for the murder of schoolteacher Ashling Murphy, which was delayed after he changed his barristers less than a week before the hearing was due to begin, will now go ahead in July.\nPuska is servin... [3305 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/new-date-set-for-jozef-puskas-appeal-1891125.html",
            "image": "https://img.resized.co/breaking-news/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL2ltYWdlcy5icmVha2luZ25ld3MuaWVcXFwvcHJvZFxcXC91cGxvYWRzXFxcLzIwMjJcXFwvMDFcXFwvMTkyMTMwMjNcXFwvQ0MtVFVMTEFNT1JFLU1VUkRFUi1BQ0NVU0VEMTQtZTE2NDMyMDA3MTU2NjcuanBnXCIsXCJ3aWR0aFwiOjEyMDAsXCJoZWlnaHRcIjo2MjcsXCJkZWZhdWx0XCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL3d3dy5icmVha2luZ25ld3MuaWVcXFwvaVxcXC9ibi1ub2ltYWdlLnBuZ1wiLFwib3B0aW9uc1wiOltdfSIsImhhc2giOiJjZDI0MzQzZDUyMzFlZTlmYzIyMzQyNzNiMDFkNWVkNWZiNzU2NWJkIn0=/new-date-set-for-jozef-puska-s-appeal.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T12:41:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1951d186094a4179f14aad4185bb1055",
                "name": "BreakingNews.ie",
                "url": "https://www.breakingnews.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7233d756167e8ff4a906a9aa4d540de8",
            "title": "Man who deceived widow into giving him over €140k jailed",
            "description": "A married father of three who deceived a young Co Louth widow into giving him over €140,000 has been jailed for five years at Drogheda Circuit Court.",
            "content": "A married father of three who deceived a young Co Louth widow into giving him over €140,000 has been jailed for five years at Drogheda Circuit Court.\nPeter McDonagh, aged 32, of Melville Way, Finglas in Dublin, pleaded guilty to dishonestly, by decep... [2393 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2026/0424/1569989-peter-mcdonagh-court/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/0024458c-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T12:25:28Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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