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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": 172062,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f80442c7674105c7cbaab44d73d32a23",
            "title": "Serving Garda to stand trial on burglary, harassment, criminal damage and assault charges",
            "description": "Alan O'Mahony, who is stationed at Letterkenny Garda Station in Co Donegal, is to stand trial at Letterkenny Circuit Court.",
            "content": "A serving Garda is to stand trial on charges of burglary, harassment, criminal damage, assault and sending grossly offensive messages.\nAlan O'Mahony, who is stationed at Letterkenny Garda Station in Co Donegal, is to stand trial at Letterkenny Circui... [2304 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/serving-garda-to-stand-trial-on-burglary-harassment-criminal-damage-and-assault-charges-1849646.html",
            "image": "https://img.resized.co/breaking-news/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL2ltYWdlcy5icmVha2luZ25ld3MuaWVcXFwvcHJvZFxcXC91cGxvYWRzXFxcLzIwMjZcXFwvMDFcXFwvMDcxMTQ3MjRcXFwvQWxhbi1PTWFob25leS1lMTc2Nzc4NjUzNjgwNy5qcGdcIixcIndpZHRoXCI6MTIwMCxcImhlaWdodFwiOjYyNyxcImRlZmF1bHRcIjpcImh0dHBzOlxcXC9cXFwvd3d3LmJyZWFraW5nbmV3cy5pZVxcXC9pXFxcL2JuLW5vaW1hZ2UucG5nXCIsXCJvcHRpb25zXCI6W119IiwiaGFzaCI6IjAyNTg3N2Q3OTMzNTRlMmRhZTBlN2YyYjBhNDYyNzk0N2U3Zjg0MGIifQ==/serving-garda-to-stand-trial-on-burglary-harassment-criminal-damage-and-assault-charges.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-07T12:18:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1951d186094a4179f14aad4185bb1055",
                "name": "BreakingNews.ie",
                "url": "https://www.breakingnews.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "60674d7742dc6330b71013e561eca1d0",
            "title": "Further ice warning from midnight",
            "description": "An ice warning that came into effect on Tuesday has been lifted, but icy conditions are set to return.",
            "content": "Further ice warning for Northern Ireland from midnight\n3 hours ago\nBarra Best, weather presenter\nAn ice warning has been issued for Northern Ireland overnight as low temperatures continue.\nA previous warning, issued at 18:00 GMT on Tuesday, ended at ... [2554 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c041744n9k4o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d6a8/live/7cd2c090-eb90-11f0-9217-79f8bbc3c7c3.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-07T11:07:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ca9f62a59e12d4e23133430f3c750b88",
            "title": "Serving garda to stand trial on charges of burglary, assault and sending offensive messages",
            "description": "Alan O’Mahony is stationed at Letterkenny Garda station in Co Donegal and faces five charges",
            "content": "A serving garda is to stand trial on charges of burglary, harassment, criminal damage, assault and sending grossly offensive messages.\nAlan O’Mahony, who is stationed at Letterkenny Garda station in Co Donegal, is to stand trial at Letterkenny Circui... [1753 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/01/07/serving-garda-to-stand-trial-on-charges-of-burglary-assault-and-sending-offensive-messages/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EBIGPYH5PJATRJKCBAQEQDPSM4.jpg?smart=true&auth=35d623bfdb27735ded36f92f4d825470895d2580b29c12f0f754ccef423653d7&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-07T10:27:27Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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