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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": 167360,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "57af5d06c2ed470c6c9e756041807d3a",
            "title": "Ennis man jailed for six months after 'destroying' cathedral floor by defecating on it",
            "description": "The court heard that the 42-year-old has 97 previous convictions.",
            "content": "A JUDGE HAS jailed a 42-year-old Ennis man for six months following an incident where he ‘destroyed the floor’ of a cathedral building in Ennis, Co Clare by defecating on it.\nAt Ennis District Court, Judge Alec Gabbett imposed the six-month prison te... [3164 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/courts-man-jailed-ennis-cathedral-floor-6910831-Dec2025/",
            "image": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/6910831/river/?height=400&version=6910841",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-22T13:54:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4b076cf5299b6d16a1b9fef3b354aade",
                "name": "The Journal",
                "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "25436dbe67a5bdc5a4516b71624de0c2",
            "title": "Minister hopes NCH will be open by next Christmas",
            "description": "Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has said she hopes that patients will be in the new National Children's Hospital by next Christmas.",
            "content": "Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has said she hopes that patients will be in the new National Children's Hospital by next Christmas.\nSpeaking at an early access visit to the hospital, the minister said that she would have liked to have h... [1916 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2025/1222/1550187-national-childrens-hospital/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/0023620a-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-22T13:10:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0e0439a5d6708ede4f682065f5af5995",
            "title": "Death Notice of Tim O'Callaghan (Berrings, Cork)",
            "description": "The death has occurred of Tim O'Callaghan of Berrings, Cork Ireland, on 20/12/2025. You can view the full death notice and add your condolences here.",
            "content": "O’Callaghan, Tim (Lisladeen,Berrings)\nOn 20th December 2025, peacefully after a long illness, borne with great courage, in the presence of his loving family.\nSadly mourned by his wife Bernie, sons John, Andrew & Robert, daughter Stephanie, daughters-... [886 chars]",
            "url": "https://rip.ie/death-notice/tim-ocallaghan-cork-berrings-615289",
            "image": "https://img-dedicated.rip.ie/w188/Tim_O_Callaghan_1_3959ca7bf6a233742b7fa7f275a5f9c9b725d377c4f4a5a7.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-22T12:58:24Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2c7aeaac6318fd0b441012121faa227a",
                "name": "RIP.ie",
                "url": "https://rip.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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