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": 228208,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "4f1d741523a494e83d77c07d6d69bc4a",
            "title": "Traffic chaos in Dublin city centre as emergency incident closes major road - recap",
            "description": "Motorists were urged to avoid Dublin city centre after an emergency incident forced the closure of a major road.",
            "content": "Traffic chaos hit Dublin city centre during rush hour after an emergency incident forced the closure of a major route.\nEmergency services attended the scene on Victoria Quay, with motorists warned that no traffic could pass through the area for a tim... [550 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/traffic-chaos-dublin-city-centre-37238322",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.irishmirror.ie/article37238330.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/1_Victoria-Quay-dublin.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T20:45:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3f207a072857e314b4314cf28017474e",
                "name": "Irish Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.irishmirror.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "483ce31984132cd1aa515b4ccf0dd8ff",
            "title": "Man killed in Grafton Street stabbing was ‘always smiling’ and a ‘credit to his community’",
            "description": "Qayyum Balogun (21) was killed in the early hours of Monday as he tried to flee from armed attacker pursuing him",
            "content": "Gardaí investigating the killing of 21-year-old gig promoter Qayyum Balogun in a stabbing off Grafton Street, Dublin at the weekend are studying video footage capturing the chaotic moments before he was fatally attacked.\nDetectives have ruled out a r... [4351 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/02/gardai-studying-video-footage-of-moments-leading-up-fatal-grafton-street-stabbing/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7CBUJVA3SVGLRAMEBY2BWDK42Q.jpeg?smart=true&auth=ac76d81866326f7a1da6d0d5e6b74132c484ddb0c1aba3db69b06a05a95375ec&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T20:03:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9f598986a2fd45a6cd35e8b7d06239f4",
            "title": "The government must support Dublin City Council's proposals for Oliver Bond House",
            "description": "Dublin City Council’s proposal would modernise Oliver Bond House, a long-neglected flat complex, increase housing supply and preserve community life. So why did the Department reject it?",
            "content": "OLIVER BOND HOUSE was built in the 1930s as part of Dublin Corporation’s slum clearance programme.\nIt lifted thousands of people out of disease-ridden tenements, providing them with modern, clean and affordable homes. Designed by the city’s first hou... [5844 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/oliver-bond-7058311-Jun2026/",
            "image": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/7058311/river/?height=400&version=7058315",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T20:01:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4b076cf5299b6d16a1b9fef3b354aade",
                "name": "The Journal",
                "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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