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": 216646,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f333b5918147a655f33e8c50de4a1c90",
            "title": "Dublin man who had sexually explicit conversations with children online jailed",
            "description": "Stephen Comiskey (51) said he had no intention ‘whatsoever’ of meeting up with the children but acknowledged that children had been abused to create the sexual abuse images that were found on his devices.",
            "content": "A MAN WHO was having sexual conversations with children over a social media app has been jailed for having images of child sexual abuse material.\nStephen Comiskey (51) of Turnbury Road, Baldoyle, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to hav... [2953 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/stephen-comiskey-child-sex-abuse-7037008-May2026/",
            "image": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/7037008/river/?height=400&version=7037013",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T20:43:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4b076cf5299b6d16a1b9fef3b354aade",
                "name": "The Journal",
                "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "210c28c7c7da029db5e631a3c5c8f70b",
            "title": "Bray Boxing club shooter says jury should not have been shown photos of him holding a gun",
            "description": "Gerard Cervi is advancing a total of 14 grounds in his appeal against murder conviction",
            "content": "A 38-year-old man who shot and fatally injured an innocent father of three as he attended an early morning gym class at Bray Boxing Club eight years ago has argued that Facebook photos showing him holding a firearm at a gun range should not have been... [4662 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/11/bray-boxing-club-shooter-says-jury-should-not-have-been-shown-photos-of-him-holding-a-gun/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IMBB25UURXAFXITAC7NH2OWGP4.jpg?smart=true&auth=b4a345e44969be3245a0408756705ca58f1cb520e68b3dd1b078f41b6d56d1ad&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T20:15:38Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0de644abc196df2e9bf83f5bddd4a87c",
            "title": "Wicklow man who recorded videos of himself sexually assaulting a sleeping woman jailed",
            "description": "Philip Dignam (41) recorded eight videos depicting various acts of sexual assault on the woman while she was asleep or unconscious.",
            "content": "A WICKLOW MAN who recorded videos of himself sexually assaulting a sleeping woman has been jailed for seven years.\nPhilip Dignam (41) recorded eight videos depicting various acts of sexual assault on the woman while she was asleep or unconscious.\nDet... [5431 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/wicklow-man-videos-sexual-assault-sleeping-woman-7036974-May2026/",
            "image": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/7036974/river/?height=400&version=7036979",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T20:03:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4b076cf5299b6d16a1b9fef3b354aade",
                "name": "The Journal",
                "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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