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": 210470,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "08ab5b9e5e8a25af6096a5dd6d3a41cb",
            "title": "Underspend of nearly €400,000 in second Higgins Áras term",
            "description": "A total of €384,467 has been returned to the State resulting from an underspend in the presidential allowance during the second term of Michael D Higgins' presidency.",
            "content": "A total of €384,467 has been returned to the State resulting from an underspend in the presidential allowance during the second term of Michael D Higgins' presidency.\nThe president is allocated €317,433.96 per calendar year as part of the 1938 Allowa... [1891 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0429/1570943-presidential-allowance-spending/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00235fa2-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T17:52:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4ed8ed1822a93604b9b421d97e3ec6de",
            "title": "Michael (Mike) Maloney",
            "description": "Sancta Maria, Swinford, Co. Mayo - peacefully at Mayo University Hospital on 29th April 2026, surrounded by his loving family. Predeceased by his parents Josie and Joe, brother Patsy, sister- in-law Catherine Maloney, brother in-law Paddy Kelly Mike will be sadly missed by his loving sisters Margaret (Kelly), Nancy and his brother Séamus, nieces Anna,",
            "content": "Sancta Maria, Swinford, Co. Mayo – peacefully at Mayo University Hospital on 29th April 2026, surrounded by his loving family.\nPredeceased by his parents Josie and Joe, brother Patsy, sister- in-law Catherine Maloney, brother in-law Paddy Kelly\nMike ... [719 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.midwestradio.ie/obituaries/michael-mike-maloney/",
            "image": "https://www.midwestradio.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Michael-Maloney-2.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T17:02:33Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d44d7889a6566265292759f48acb7a2a",
                "name": "Midwest Radio",
                "url": "https://www.midwestradio.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d22e36c447b58e5f15dbe37d09476ae5",
            "title": "Two men dead following separate road crashes in Galway and Cork",
            "description": "Two men have died following separate road traffic collisions in Galway and Cork.",
            "content": "The single vehicle crash in Galway occurred at Tyrur, Newbridge, Ballinasloe, at around 9.45am on Wednesday, April 29.\nThe driver, a man aged in his 60s, was pronounced dead at the scene and his body has been removed to the mortuary at Portiuncula Ho... [1591 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/two-men-dead-following-separate-road-crashes-in-galway-and-cork/a1163745380.html",
            "image": "https://focus.independent.ie/thumbor/Ox8m0PU61TI12LCIZIKMqwUEJRs=/48x0:572x349/524x0/prod-mh-ireland/dabb36d3-c746-43fc-b826-188eff0c3057/11da59b6-20de-4383-9ec5-1a51059abf80/dabb36d3-c746-43fc-b826-188eff0c3057.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T16:45:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ae507f956c22e5192e709803bdcb0f18",
                "name": "The Irish Independent",
                "url": "https://www.independent.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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