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": 229160,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "6476450055714ebaef0e767cc36a1340",
            "title": "Man (33) charged with murder of woman in Co Waterford",
            "description": "Finnegan ‘Finn’ Yowell remanded in custody by judge at Carrick-on-Suir District Court",
            "content": "A 33-year-old man has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of an elderly woman at her home in west Waterford.\nFinnegan ‘Finn’ Yowell with an address of Old School School House, in Ticknock, Kinsalebeg, Co Waterford was charged with the mu... [911 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/17/man-33-charged-with-murder-of-woman-in-co-waterford/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7AKHNWDYD5AHJI37T6QKMOCGUM.jpg?smart=true&auth=79032848c9250d77e44b919e6d4aefc2454cef9750e9d03becbc5dce06b65c91&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-17T12:10:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "56656a309ce567f01550f55f1a119b89",
            "title": "Teenage cyclist killed in Co Waterford crash named as Shane O’Brien",
            "description": "Irish international pronounced dead after hitting parked lorry on N72 near Lismore",
            "content": "A 16-year-old cyclist who died in a crash in Co Waterford has been named as Shane O’Brien, who had represented Ireland on the international stage.\nThe teenager hit a parked lorry on the N72 road at Ballygalane, just outside Lismore, while on a traini... [1118 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/17/teenage-cyclist-killed-in-co-waterford-crash-named-as-shane-obrien/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XGQYWOIPEZBGTKHC7Y4B3T3DHA.jpg?smart=true&auth=3cb4afac047c060e9c225acd17246ad869ffe9f3b98b77ce3dbd35df37e5434d&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-17T12:03:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6905b959457429cd5311a3035196fec6",
            "title": "‘I killed two people’: Dublin-based family murder trial hears evidence from first policeman on scene",
            "description": "French woman Ming Ting Mancel, who lived in Dublin with her family, accused of murdering her daughter in a hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland",
            "content": "A Dublin-based French woman accused of murdering her daughter in collaboration with her deceased husband in Reykjavik, Iceland, was heard saying “I killed two people” at the scene, a court was told.\nOn the second day of the trial of Ming Ting Mancel,... [4350 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/17/i-killed-two-people-iceland-murder-trial-hears-evidence-from-first-policeman-on-scene/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VAL7VZX2FFAUHI6RIXORNCROYU.jpg?smart=true&auth=40ab26ef53fdd46f1905d37d8af5f4ff243c6e76c5f6c58f3540ce4b0e3f18aa&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-17T10:48:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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