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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": 183840,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ee1bb17cb3caa1b35bcf037750f7945f",
            "title": "Rare snail cited in approval for Trump Doonbeg ballroom",
            "description": "Clare County Council has given the green light for a new ballroom at the US President Donald Trump-owned Trump Doonbeg golf resort in west Clare.",
            "content": "Clare County Council has given the green light for a new ballroom at the US President Donald Trump-owned Trump Doonbeg golf resort in west Clare.\nHowever before work can commence on the permanent ballroom structure that will have capacity for 320 peo... [5372 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2026/0224/1560181-clare-trump-doonbeg/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00122a52-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T20:36:38Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "523e7844e70b8c312035d10f55f28dcf",
            "title": "Two new Irish Naval Service bases under consideration",
            "description": "The Naval Service is to get new powers to safeguard Irish sovereignty and new bases on the east and west coasts are under active consideration.",
            "content": "The Naval Service is to get new powers to safeguard Irish sovereignty and new bases on the east and west coasts are under active consideration.\nLegislation that will give the Naval Service broad powers to safeguard and protect the sovereignty of the ... [2215 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0224/1560045-irish-naval-service/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00217e48-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T19:48:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "25dea32d232ca1d00a68031a090f16dc",
            "title": "Parishes in Midlands and the West told to stop hosting open coffin wakes in Catholic churches",
            "description": "Bishop Paul Connell told parishioners that while a parish hall is acceptable, a church isn’t.",
            "content": "PARISHES ACROSS THE Midlands and the West have been instructed to stop facilitating wakes inside Catholic churches.\nThe Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference today published a letter that was recently sent to funeral directors by Bishop Paul Connell, Bi... [3931 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/parishes-in-midlands-and-the-west-told-to-stop-having-open-coffin-wakes-6966558-Feb2026/",
            "image": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/6966558/river/?height=400&version=6966635",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T19:09:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4b076cf5299b6d16a1b9fef3b354aade",
                "name": "The Journal",
                "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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