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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": 202420,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b41168af6f455aff242090f902017a67",
            "title": "E-scooter seized from eight-year-old boy by gardaí in Co Louth",
            "description": "In a post on social media, gardaí said that they “don’t want to be seen as killjoys”.",
            "content": "GARDAÍ HAVE SEIZED an e-scooter from an eight-year-old boy who was observed travelling at speeds of up to 30km/h.\nIn a post on social media, officers from the Dundalk Roads Policing Unit said they stopped the child while on patrol on Tuesday evening.... [597 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/e-scooter-child-garda-louth-6967970-Feb2026/",
            "image": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/6967970/river/?height=400&version=6967973",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-26T08:26:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4b076cf5299b6d16a1b9fef3b354aade",
                "name": "The Journal",
                "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6ff6edc66b7ca7c2a61f73020045c709",
            "title": "Waterford SETU lecturers to protest working conditions",
            "description": "Lecturers at South East Technological University, who are members of the Waterford Branch of the Teachers Union of Ireland, are to stage a protest over what they say are \"unsafe and deteriorating\" working conditions.",
            "content": "Lecturers at South East Technological University (SETU), who are members of the Waterford Branch of the Teachers' Union of Ireland (TUI), are to stage a protest over what they say are \"unsafe and deteriorating\" working conditions.\nThe union said the ... [3931 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2026/0226/1560484-setu-lecturers-protest/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/002140e2-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-26T08:04:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "77b5efe2b48062342a121d7fb2652838",
            "title": "Former TD Kenny replaces Adelaide on council for PBP",
            "description": "People Before Profit has announced that former TD Gino Kenny has been selected to replace Darragh Adelaide on South Dublin County Council following Mr Adelaide's resignation from the council.",
            "content": "People Before Profit has announced that former TD Gino Kenny has been selected to replace Darragh Adelaide on South Dublin County Council following Mr Adelaide's resignation.\nMr Adelaide was elected in the local elections in 2024 and represented the ... [1332 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2026/0226/1560501-gino-kenny-darragh-adelaide/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00217682-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-26T07:34:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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