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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": 175890,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e6aa636b5aa0a6983dcc54416a25fb3a",
            "title": "Serving Garda charged with rape, child cruelty and serious assault in Co Donegal",
            "description": "The court heard that the Director of Public Prosecutions has directed that the matter be sent forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court.",
            "content": "A SERVING MEMBER of An Garda Síochána has been charged with rape and child cruelty in Co Donegal.\nThe man appeared before Letterkenny District Court this morning.\nHe is accused of two counts of raping a female, offences that are alleged to have occur... [1374 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/garda-charged-rape-child-cruelty-donegal-letterkenny-courts-6935135-Jan2026/",
            "image": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/6935135/river/?height=400&version=6935144",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-22T14:13:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4b076cf5299b6d16a1b9fef3b354aade",
                "name": "The Journal",
                "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "86056991bec3025c5cafef161005adfc",
            "title": "Garda charged with rape and child cruelty, court hears",
            "description": "The man appeared before a District Court in the northwest on Thursday morning",
            "content": "A serving member of An Garda Síochána has been charged with rape and child cruelty.\nThe man appeared before a District Court in the northwest on Thursday morning.\nHe is accused of two counts of allegedly raping a female in 2021 at an address in the n... [905 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/01/22/garda-charged-with-rape-and-child-cruelty-court-hears/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YQAN7RE2SZCEPMODBSE2YKI2VE.jpg?smart=true&auth=cf9268d49938eec45abdef3bfa60594012ed1c9550746d58bbc494b9f633e358&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-22T14:05:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "irishtimes.com",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "251cce35eda5bc9b74beab0694f480fc",
            "title": "Five boys arrested over alleged sexual assault of girl in Dublin city centre",
            "description": "Gardaí investigating complaint that teenager was attacked at premises in south inner city",
            "content": "Five boys have been arrested by gardaí in relation to an alleged serious sexual assault on a teenage girl in Dublin city centre.\nThe arrests occurred on Tuesday.\nIt is understood gardaí are investigating a complaint that the girl, a young teenager, w... [1059 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/01/22/five-questioned-over-alleged-sex-assault-of-girl-in-dublin-city-centre/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CPCORCRHDFG3JKSWSYRAMEAB6I.JPG?smart=true&auth=feb61d6e8be5f927f0b02dd4409cbdc736241b0a0fd15fa09259fd646cbe1077&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-22T13:56:53Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "irishtimes.com",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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