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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": 205048,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b1e48827136f7dde165477cc7b16f1a9",
            "title": "Phil Hogan nominated by Government to contest race for senior UN job",
            "description": "Hogan secures backing to participate in election to be body’s next Food and Agriculture Organisation director general",
            "content": "The Government has nominated former European commissioner Phil Hogan as Ireland’s candidate to contest an election for a senior job at the United Nations.\nMinisters agreed to back the former Fine Gael politician as Ireland’s pick in the race to take ... [4207 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/03/03/phil-hogan-nominated-by-government-to-contest-race-for-senior-un-job/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TBN7VYULUTS5C3LKZ5RHX6O54M.jpg?smart=true&auth=f2285f3924de575607b5e8d092d0d5cf773b1b7d5646b5679b92c9b5a1a8d604&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-03T17:42:53Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7e2cee45018b8e9e9832bfdf74b0f4f3",
            "title": "Family settles action over woman’s death from Covid-19 in first case of its kind to come before court",
            "description": "Action claimed Elizabeth Carroll, who had blood cancer, was exposed to avoidable risk of infection during transfers from Mercy University Hospital in Cork to nursing facility",
            "content": "The family of a Cork woman who died in hospital after contracting Covid-19 has settled a High Court action over her death.\nThe action brought in relation to Elizabeth “Betty” Carroll (61) is the first case to come before the courts over a person cont... [2789 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/03/03/we-did-it-in-memory-of-betty-family-settles-legal-case-over-womans-death-from-covid-19/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I76COB25EFRHNH7NVJN4YOVMTQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=44a769ac570f16d304e9455f64e1f933c93f89bf3eb68becc8c3cf7cda613856&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-03T16:26:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f207ddad8702ad0d69219ddb86a02750",
            "title": "Man in critical condition after hit and run in Co Kerry",
            "description": "A man is in a critical condition after being struck by a car which failed to remain at the scene in Co Kerry last night.",
            "content": "A man is in a critical condition after being struck by a car which failed to remain at the scene in Co Kerry last night.\nThe man, aged in his 30s, was walking in the Tubrid More area of Ardfert in north Kerry when the incident happened at around 9.20... [772 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2026/0303/1561457-kerry-road-incident/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00239beb-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-03T16:04:18Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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