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": 214488,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d81e81318f049c6b125b91ec643c880f",
            "title": "Have you heard of a 'quiet road'? Monaghan might be getting one",
            "description": "‘Quiet roads’ are rural roads with low traffic volumes and speed where transport using alternatives to vehicles is encouraged.",
            "content": "MONAGHAN COUNTY COUNCIL is proposing to create a ‘quiet road’ between two villages in the north of the county.\n‘Quiet roads’ are rural roads with low traffic volumes and speed where using alternatives to vehicles is encouraged.\nMonaghan County Counci... [1245 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/have-you-heard-of-a-quiet-road-monaghan-might-be-getting-one-7038978-May2026/",
            "image": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/7038978/river/?height=400&version=7039013",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-13T21:41:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4b076cf5299b6d16a1b9fef3b354aade",
                "name": "The Journal",
                "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4cddd2457b318e5f966855c9cbda189b",
            "title": "Nurses serve industrial action notice at Donegal facility",
            "description": "The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and the Psychiatric Nurses Association have served notice of industrial action in the Donegal Intellectual Disability Services, Ard na Gréine in Stranorlar.",
            "content": "The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and the Psychiatric Nurses Association have served notice of industrial action in the Donegal Intellectual Disability Services, Ard na Gréine in Stranorlar.\nThe action, in the form of a work-to-rule, is due ... [1774 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2026/0513/1573248-nurses-donegal-inmo-pna/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/000c3a15-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-13T21:06:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b41bf4186553dd1b5ac94e29f6715f93",
            "title": "Woman admits stealing over €140k in four years from Cork healthcare company",
            "description": "Sentencing was put back until November 2 at Cork Circuit Criminal Court",
            "content": "Twenty of the counts are for theft of sums ranging from around €3,000 to over €9,000 from Change Healthcare Ireland Solutions Ltd. of Grange East, Buttevant, County Cork, on dates between April 2019 and July 2023.\nThe remaining 23 charges are for cre... [715 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtandcrime/arid-41844438.html",
            "image": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10157/5078889_12_seoimageog_euronotes50closeupMay2020PicturePexels_1_.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-13T20:39:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "634dc62a3fe9c48f4c2cc004e680a220",
                "name": "Irish Examiner",
                "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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