Ireland News API

Get the live top headlines from Ireland with our JSON 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=general&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 246252,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "0a9f692c2ccc0f999682c9607dc3dcf0",
            "title": "Babies can categorise objects at two months",
            "description": "Babies as young as two-months-old can categorise objects in their brains, scientists at Trinity College Dublin, Queen's University Belfast and Stanford University have discovered.",
            "content": "Babies as young as two-months-old can categorise objects in their brains, scientists at Trinity College Dublin, Queen's University Belfast and Stanford University have discovered.\nThis is much earlier than previously thought, and is revealed in resea... [3741 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0202/1556361-baby-study-queens-tcd/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/0023d63b-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-02T18:02:44Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "02df80fef1a659eec1cfd26ccd5ef436",
            "title": "Towell backs Noonan to be league's top scorer",
            "description": "Richie Towell believes that Michael Noonan can be the League of Ireland Premier Division's top goalscorer this season, if he stays at Shamrock Rovers for the full campaign.",
            "content": "Richie Towell believes that Michael Noonan can be the League of Ireland Premier Division's top goalscorer this season, if he stays at Shamrock Rovers for the full campaign.\nRovers go into the start of the season with considerable speculation surround... [1759 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2026/0202/1556396-towell-backs-noonan-to-be-leagues-top-scorer/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/002296c0-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-02T17:17:36Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a645136264a892cf50cc23d2832869bb",
            "title": "Two-month-old babies can categorise objects better than previously known, study finds",
            "description": "Study assisted by Coombe and Rotunda ‘highlights richness of brain function’ in infants",
            "content": "Babies as young as two months old can categorise objects in their brains much earlier than previously thought, according to new research.\nThe research comes from scientists at Queen’s University Belfast, Trinity College Dublin and Stanford University... [1999 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/02/02/two-month-old-babies-can-categorise-objects-better-than-previously-known-study-finds/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ETVRAWUGZVHYDMDWALTXFDCUWY.jpg?smart=true&auth=f63c71f0b1173cc33fcc7528a8dcf823fe95df23af7ea3f905ed5ba7a9cf2ba9&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-02T17:12:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}
Ireland News API

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