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": 223478,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d725bf2b827a1d3d15074e5733a40daf",
            "title": "Woman killed in Clifden went to Garda and courts in effort to escape violent relationship",
            "description": "Masuma Sohrabi (31), a mother of two, was found dead on Thursday morning close to IPAS centre in Clifden where she lived",
            "content": "A woman killed in Co Galway on Thursday was previously trapped in a violent relationship and had gone to An Garda Síochána and the courts in an attempt to extricate herself from it.\nMasuma Sohrabi, an Iranian national and mother of two, previously so... [4164 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/05/29/woman-killed-in-clifden-went-to-garda-and-courts-in-effort-to-escape-violent-relationship/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JLIM3BYZXFEYBJZF2JE5S4ZHCI.jpg?smart=true&auth=eaab7dfe84c001e8c21d5577fc1d0b6bd75b55e8b426cfbe1955372fcedc1463&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-29T13:14:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a689a8aa003ee760d6f35a3d648a737f",
            "title": "Teresa Cusack (née Feeney)",
            "description": "Villa Nova, Dunmore Road, Williamstown, Co. Galway & Abbeylodge, Ballyfruit, Headford, Co. Galway (died 28th May 2026). Teresa passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family in the care of the staff at University Hospital Galway. Predeceased by her beloved husband Michael, parents Martin Joe and Mary Kate, brothers Bernard, Tommy, Martin, Johnny, her sister Kathleen and son-in-law Joe Owens (Headford). Teresa will be sadly missed and",
            "content": "Villa Nova, Dunmore Road, Williamstown, Co. Galway & Abbeylodge, Ballyfruit, Headford, Co. Galway (died 28th May 2026).\nTeresa passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family in the care of the staff at University Hospital Galway.\nPredeceased ... [1295 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.midwestradio.ie/obituaries/teresa-cusack-nee-feeney/",
            "image": "https://www.midwestradio.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Teresa-Cusack.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-29T12:29:18Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d44d7889a6566265292759f48acb7a2a",
                "name": "Midwest Radio",
                "url": "https://www.midwestradio.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "aca1416bb28e36ddb38194a0b9f73ac4",
            "title": "Sanctions on refinery would harm 'EU more than Russia'",
            "description": "The Taoiseach has said that the impact of sanctions for Aughinish Alumina, the Limerick-based refinery owned by a Russian company, would \"not be significant\" and would harm Europe much more than Russia.",
            "content": "The Taoiseach has said that the impact of sanctions for Aughinish Alumina, the Limerick-based refinery owned by a Russian company, would \"not be significant\" and would harm Europe much more than Russia.\nMicheál Martin was speaking following reports t... [4003 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2026/0529/1575907-politics-aughinish-alumina/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00247278-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-29T12:01:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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