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": 217164,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "6ade845b5870196d6a386629317e6e17",
            "title": "Motorcyclist, 20s, dies in crash in Co Wexford",
            "description": "A motorcyclist in his 20s has died in a single-vehicle road crash in Co Wexford.",
            "content": "A motorcyclist in his 20s has died in a single-vehicle road crash in Co Wexford.\nThe crash occurred on the L4016 near Glenour in Adamstown at around 9.20pm last night.\nThe man was pronounced dead at the scene.\nHis body has since been removed from the... [584 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2026/0509/1572501-wexford-crash/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/001eafb9-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T09:04:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a7066b556cad353f2d160b9c1dc91b74",
            "title": "Gardai do not suspect foul play in death of young mum and new-born daughter in Tipperary",
            "description": "The bodies of the woman and her new-born baby daughter were found in their rural Co Tipperary home on Friday",
            "content": "The bodies of the woman and her new-born baby daughter were found in their rural Co Tipperary home on Friday\nGardai were last night probing the shock death of a young mum and her new-born daughter in their own home.\nThe bodies of the woman and her ne... [1454 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/gardai-not-suspect-foul-play-37132424",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.irishmirror.ie/article37040885.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/1_GettyImages-1229938575-2.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T08:42:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3f207a072857e314b4314cf28017474e",
                "name": "Irish Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.irishmirror.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3b544d7f57e8064c1952ceba399a9d4d",
            "title": "Pat (Patrick) Quinn, Ballymote",
            "description": "The death has occurred of Pat (Patrick) Quinn, Carnaree, Ballymote, Co. SligoSuddenly, but peacefully, surrounded by his loving family in St. James Hospital, Du...",
            "content": "The death has occurred of Pat (Patrick) Quinn, Carnaree, Ballymote, Co. Sligo\nSuddenly, but peacefully, surrounded by his loving family in St. James Hospital, Dublin.\nSorely missed by his darling Wife Geraldine, sons Alan, Gary & David, daughters Lor... [761 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.oceanfm.ie/obituaries/pat-patrick-quinn-ballymote-1228543",
            "image": "https://img.resized.co/oceanfm-ie/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL2ltZy5vY2VhbmZtLmllXFxcL3Byb2RcXFwvdXBsb2Fkc1xcXC9QYXQtUXVpbm4tODA1eDEwMjQuanBnXCIsXCJ3aWR0aFwiOjEyMDAsXCJoZWlnaHRcIjo2MjcsXCJkZWZhdWx0XCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL3N0Zy13d3cub2NlYW5mbS5pZVxcXC9pbWFnZXNcXFwvbm8taW1hZ2UucG5nP3Y9NVwiLFwib3B0aW9uc1wiOltdfSIsImhhc2giOiJiMTFiN2M3ZTY5NjgwZmQ0YTYwMWQwMTBhZDU4NTU0ODA5MGZiNmJkIn0=/pat-patrick-quinn-ballymote.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T08:25:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8c519da78a3f0a800713ba40249933a7",
                "name": "Ocean FM",
                "url": "https://www.oceanfm.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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