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": 225556,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "36bb5030674d1ec10c464aab1be11021",
            "title": "Baby Cían McHale",
            "description": "Ballylahan, Straide, Foxford, Co Mayo - unexpectedly at his residence, aged 2 years. Cían will be dearly and forever missed by his loving parents Noel and Emma McHale (Nee) Kells, brothers Fionn and Oisín, his Grandparents Paddy and Marian McHale (Pollagh, Straide), Mick and Marie Kells (Drogheda and Spain), aunts Tara, Michelle and Carmel, uncles",
            "content": "Ballylahan, Straide, Foxford, Co Mayo – unexpectedly at his residence, aged 2 years.\nCían will be dearly and forever missed by his loving parents Noel and Emma McHale (Nee) Kells, brothers Fionn and Oisín, his Grandparents Paddy and Marian McHale (Po... [939 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.midwestradio.ie/obituaries/baby-cian-mchale/",
            "image": "https://www.midwestradio.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BABY-CIAN-McHALE.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T11:23:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d44d7889a6566265292759f48acb7a2a",
                "name": "Midwest Radio",
                "url": "https://www.midwestradio.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d09a7124c01649b31c665437c607f7c5",
            "title": "Skull of man found in Irish Sea lost by State",
            "description": "A human skull found in the Irish Sea more than a decade ago has been lost by the State.",
            "content": "A human skull found in the Irish Sea more than a decade ago has been lost by the State.\nCrime author and journalist Barry Cummins said the last time the skull was \"accounted for\" was in \"2007 or 2008\".\nIt was found by the crew of a fishing vessel off... [3709 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0602/1576341-skull/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/0024760d-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T11:00:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "59c79b1e6e3d00ceeab24e03b5dae192",
            "title": "Nightclub promoter, 21, stabbed to death after brawl in Dublin’s tourism district",
            "description": "Qayyum Balogun chased and attacked after gig ended in Grafton Street area following clash between rival groups, police say",
            "content": "A brawl in the heart of Dublin’s tourism district led to a nightclub promoter being chased and stabbed to death.\nIt happened at about 3am on Monday after a gig ended in the Grafton Street area of the city centre that is popular with tourists.\nQayyum ... [1670 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/02/qayyum-balogun-nightclub-promoter-stabbed-to-death-dublin",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3b1aa0e38c4cabf4dcb49826164ec569cde8a88e/647_0_3289_2632/master/3289.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=17675d4a7d193d355f447ffd5f89e761",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T11:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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