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": 221246,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1866ed612ff9ba699d617f0445a26aba",
            "title": "Man's conviction for Co Louth murder in 2018 quashed",
            "description": "Aaron Connolly, who has spent over three years serving a life sentence for the murder of teenager Cameron Reilly, has had his conviction quashed.",
            "content": "Aaron Connolly, who has spent over three years serving a life sentence for the murder of teenager Cameron Reilly, has had his conviction quashed after the Court of Appeal found that the trial judge's instructions to the jury lacked balance and in par... [3298 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0518/1573936-aaron-connolly-murder-conviction-quashed/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00246271-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T12:02:43Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "41dc746ca4ebb01d5d3eae4b6a47ce45",
            "title": "Minister to seek approval to move RTÉ under C&AG remit",
            "description": "Minister for Communications Patrick O'Donovan is to seek Cabinet approval tomorrow to move RTÉ under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General.",
            "content": "Minister for Communications Patrick O'Donovan is to seek Cabinet approval tomorrow to move RTÉ under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General.\nThe Broadcasting Amendment Bill will see the C and AG become the auditor of RTÉ's accounts from the... [1078 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2026/0518/1573922-rte-committee/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/0012fe59-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T11:00:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bf8585b159394fea8fc46b2a8e624019",
            "title": "Death Notice of Pauline Kerwin (née Hollingsworth) (Wicklow Town, Wicklow)",
            "description": "The death has occurred of Pauline Kerwin (née Hollingsworth) of Wicklow Town, Wicklow Ireland, on 17/05/2026. You can view the full death notice and add your condolences here.",
            "content": "Pauline Kerwin (née Hollingsworth)\nWicklow Town, Co. Wicklow.\n17th May 2026.\nDied peacefully at home, surrounded by her loving family. Deeply loved wife of Gary. Beloved mother of William, Keith, Katie, Gareth and Chloe, son in law Adam, daughter in ... [730 chars]",
            "url": "https://rip.ie/death-notice/pauline-kerwin-wicklow-wicklow-town-630963",
            "image": "https://img-dedicated.rip.ie/w188/Pauline_b8a3c3ac1bedcac044e7870fb224a16b05bc1092820dde24.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T10:56:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2c7aeaac6318fd0b441012121faa227a",
                "name": "RIP.ie",
                "url": "https://rip.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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