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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": 179612,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "14dc3bec378b1381cfda3cf0a8fd4a86",
            "title": "Women living in tent found dead on Pearse Street, Dublin",
            "description": "The woman was named locally as Natasha Smith and was originally from Clondalkin",
            "content": "A woman who was sleeping rough in Dublin City centre was found dead in a tent on Friday afternoon.\nThe woman was named locally as Natasha Smith and was originally from Clondalkin. She was found on Pearse Street at around 12.30pm on Friday.\nMs Smith w... [2426 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/women-living-in-tent-found-dead-on-pearse-street-dublin-1854734.html",
            "image": "https://img.resized.co/breaking-news/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL2ltYWdlcy5icmVha2luZ25ld3MuaWVcXFwvcHJvZFxcXC91cGxvYWRzXFxcLzIwMjVcXFwvMDNcXFwvMDQxOTM3MjdcXFwvMi4xNDcyMjc4Ny1lMTc0MTQ0MjAyMDM0Ni5qcGdcIixcIndpZHRoXCI6MTIwMCxcImhlaWdodFwiOjYyNyxcImRlZmF1bHRcIjpcImh0dHBzOlxcXC9cXFwvd3d3LmJyZWFraW5nbmV3cy5pZVxcXC9pXFxcL2JuLW5vaW1hZ2UucG5nXCIsXCJvcHRpb25zXCI6W119IiwiaGFzaCI6IjU1ZGY5ZDUwMjNjOGRlNDNlZTBlZWZiNTljOWE5OTJiZmI2MTNhOGUifQ==/women-living-in-tent-found-dead-on-pearse-street-dublin.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-18T19:24:55Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1951d186094a4179f14aad4185bb1055",
                "name": "BreakingNews.ie",
                "url": "https://www.breakingnews.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e44c8fd3ade96897dfd56157202a3474",
            "title": "Irish citizen detained by Russian authorities over phone messages",
            "description": "An Irish citizen has allegedly been detained by Russian authorities due to messages on his phone which expressed anti-Russian sentiment.",
            "content": "Dmitry Simbaev (49) who has dual Russian and Irish citizenship - has been living in Ireland for more than 20 years and would be celebrating his third anniversary with his wife Daria Petrenko, whom he met in Co Galway after she fled the war in Ukraine... [1021 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/irish-citizen-detained-by-russian-authorities-over-phone-messages/a1105932239.html",
            "image": "https://focus.independent.ie/thumbor/EXdYXB1Cmn4DIZUabX3unKNEPmI=/0x0:3238x2158/629x0/prod-mh-ireland/0904f249-b314-4e27-87b4-4d9c411043b8/65ec36bf-0931-4f59-95d4-8379040f0be2/0904f249-b314-4e27-87b4-4d9c411043b8.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-18T19:18:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ae507f956c22e5192e709803bdcb0f18",
                "name": "The Irish Independent",
                "url": "https://www.independent.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "297d6bd03a63b22db9d34151567f9df3",
            "title": "Three people rescued after jet ski crashes into pier",
            "description": "Three people have been rescued by Coast Guard and lifeboat personnel after the jet ski they were travelling on crashed into the east pier in Dún Laoghaire.",
            "content": "Three people have been rescued by Coast Guard and lifeboat personnel after the jet ski they were travelling on crashed into the east pier in Dún Laoghaire.\nThe Marine Rescue Coordination Centre received a call from a member of the public just before ... [944 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2026/0118/1553775-jet-ski-crash/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/002052ea-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-18T19:00:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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