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": 227024,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b2e77934b76dec0681b8f8704667963a",
            "title": "Cork TD 'more determined' to help Ukrainians at holiday park after 'traitor accusations'",
            "description": "'Anger is being directed at the wrong people'",
            "content": "'Anger is being directed at the wrong people'\nA TD has said that \"anger is being directed at the wrong people,\" as he met with Ukrainian refugees who have recently been served eviction notices after years living in an East Cork holiday park.\nAfter sl... [2966 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.corkbeo.ie/incoming/cork-td-more-determined-help-34118440",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.corkbeo.ie/article34118487.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/724265435_1398509842301667_5559489824207330056_n.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-14T09:54:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "16c94e774a692cf1ee2232335bebf6e1",
                "name": "Cork Beo",
                "url": "https://www.corkbeo.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a706dc9cf181d789c7cf6b7525d66507",
            "title": "A brief history of 'legitimate concerns' (and who decides what those are)",
            "description": "The evolution of the phrase into a dog whistle is, frankly, a concern.",
            "content": "In Calling 353, a brand-new series for The Journal, bestselling Motherfoclóir author and podcaster Darach Ó Séaghdha casts a linguistic eye on how we talk about what it means to be Irish, the signs we post to each other about Irishness – and what rea... [6191 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/calling-353-legitimate-concerns-brief-history-7069404-Jun2026/",
            "image": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/7069404/river/?height=400&version=7069480",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-14T09:01:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4b076cf5299b6d16a1b9fef3b354aade",
                "name": "The Journal",
                "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "34501c81bfc7b5c4a694c38c279dfa7a",
            "title": "Gardaí to expand and extend taser pilot programme",
            "description": "An Garda Síochána is to extend and expand its taser pilot programme, as latest figures show that since last December tasers have been used 15 times.",
            "content": "A taser pilot programme introduced by gardaí last December is to be extended for a further six months and expanded to include the Limerick division, as latest figures show tasers have been used 15 times since the programme began.\nThe pilot programme,... [1676 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0614/1578331-garda-tasers/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/0023a528-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-14T08:10:43Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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