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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": 178866,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "207adf2c4542706657a491c4f1a1922f",
            "title": "Former MEP Brian Crowley dies aged 61",
            "description": "The death has taken place of former independent and Fianna Fáil MEP, Brian Crowley.",
            "content": "The death has taken place of former independent and Fianna Fáil MEP, Brian Crowley.\nHe was aged 61 and had been unwell for some time.\nMr Crowley died early this morning at Cork University Hospital, where he had been receiving treatment.\nHe was electe... [726 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0123/1554664-brian-crowley-mep/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/0011625c-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-23T10:02:05Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a8400190c2ca12b470441bc98a8a0b58",
            "title": "School community appeals to Minister to prioritise build",
            "description": "Campaigners in Ballinasloe have appealed to Minister for Education Hildegarde Naughton to urgently prioritise the long‑awaited construction of a new primary school for the town, a project they say is now the longest‑running school building project in the country.",
            "content": "Campaigners in Ballinasloe have appealed to Minister for Education Hildegarde Naughton to urgently prioritise the long‑awaited construction of a new primary school for the town, a project they say is now the longest‑running school building project in... [7499 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/connacht/2026/0123/1554663-school-ballinasloe-galway/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/0023c8f9-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-23T09:57:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3ed391d6c66f1b5714c852357150818f",
            "title": "Coolmore seeking €1.475m or €19,000/ac for 78ac Kildare tillage farm",
            "description": "Following the recently launched sale of 203ac of prime tillage land at Carriglea, Dungarvan, the Coolmore Estate has now instructed Coonan Property to sell a smaller tillage farm at Clonshanbo, Donadea in Co Kildare.",
            "content": "Laid out in four neat divisions, it’s described as top-quality tillage land extending to 78.33ac close to the towns of Maynooth, Kilcock and Clane.\n“The land is good-quality, free-draining soil and has been well maintained,” says Coonan’s Philip Byrn... [1876 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.independent.ie/farming/farm-property/coolmore-seeking-1475m-or-19000ac-for-78ac-kildare-tillage-farm/a1014020536.html",
            "image": "https://focus.independent.ie/thumbor/FMI3zAyrmBFT9QOAzH7DG1F1XVU=/235x0:2759x1683/629x0/prod-mh-ireland/4b99a0ea-8c8f-4614-940b-391ebec16e40/e4711031-309a-4120-8fe6-613af44ca963/4b99a0ea-8c8f-4614-940b-391ebec16e40.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-23T09:43:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ae507f956c22e5192e709803bdcb0f18",
                "name": "The Irish Independent",
                "url": "https://www.independent.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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