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": 213704,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "dfab4eef0b60d76d8bf1cefe231f775c",
            "title": "Bodies of woman, newly born baby found at Tipperary house",
            "description": "Gardaí are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the bodies of a woman and a newly born baby at a house in Co Tipperary this afternoon.",
            "content": "Gardaí are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the bodies of a woman and a newly born baby at a house in Co Tipperary this afternoon.\nThe bodies were discovered by a man who went to the house in an estate in Carrick on Suir a... [701 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0508/1572409-carrick-on-suir/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00227096-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T14:48:57Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b7cb58842da5409183c306c81ab6f887",
            "title": "Icelandic vote on EU membership 'big moment' for Ireland",
            "description": "It would be a \"big moment\" for Ireland if Iceland were to vote to restart negotiations to join the European Union, Minister of State for European Affairs Thomas Byrne has said.",
            "content": "It would be a \"big moment\" for Ireland if Iceland were to vote to restart negotiations to join the European Union, Minister of State for European Affairs Thomas Byrne has said.\nThe Nordic island country is expected to hold a referendum on whether or ... [2145 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0508/1572387-iceland-ireland/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/0023710d-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T13:06:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "24ce085124d4b98e065313542dffac19",
            "title": "Woman who laundered money for crime group avoids jail",
            "description": "A 31-year-old mother of three who \"got in over her head with serious criminals\" has avoided jail after admitting to laundering money for an organised crime group in Drogheda.",
            "content": "A 31-year-old mother of three who \"got in over her head with serious criminals\" has avoided jail after admitting to laundering money for an organised crime group in Drogheda.\nAmy Rooney, with an address at Newtown Meadows, Drogheda, pleaded guilty la... [2468 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2026/0508/1572382-rooney-courts/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00245596-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T12:35:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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