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": 7150416,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "019e42f78286883214f06cea1d415dc6",
            "title": "Lidl supermarket among closures over food safety issues",
            "description": "A Lidl supermarket in Co Dublin was among ten premises issued with closure orders by the Food Safety Authority last month, where inspectors observed rodent droppings in mulitple locations.",
            "content": "A Lidl supermarket in Co Dublin was among ten premises issued with closure orders by the Food Safety Authority (FSAI) last month, where inspectors observed rodent droppings in mulitple locations.\nLidl on the Sallynoggin Road in Glenageary was issued ... [2070 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0812/1528076-lidl-closure/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/0006c274-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-08-12T12:33:29Z",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "dd77ad5acb568cba3bf0c99621ce626d",
            "title": "The Wisconsin woman hired to kill in Birmingham, UK",
            "description": "US woman Aimee Betro was hired to come to the UK to kill a Birmingham man as part of a family feud.",
            "content": "A dating app, a niqab and a 9mm gun - how a US woman was hired to end a UK family feud\nJust now Share Save Caroline Gall BBC News, West Midlands Lauren Potts BBC News Share Save\nPolice handout US citizen Aimee Betro had virtually no \"criminal footpri... [5036 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn72x5p8801o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ebc3/live/f981a630-769a-11f0-9b97-07a092acff81.png",
            "publishedAt": "2025-08-12T12:20:24Z",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c61a1aeb796cb838f915f2acb7303c10",
            "title": "Over 40 hares killed by aircraft at Dublin Airport",
            "description": "DAA is now conducting catch-and-release operations to relocate hares to Co Wicklow and Co Kildare.",
            "content": "IN THE PAST three years, over 40 hares have been killed by aircraft at Dublin Airport, prompting DAA to conduct catch-and-release operations to relocate hares to Co Wicklow and Co Kildare.\nThere have also been 278 bird strikes at Dublin Airport in th... [2472 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/over-40-hares-killed-by-aircraft-at-dublin-airport-6788428-Aug2025/",
            "image": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/6788428/river/?height=400&version=6788501",
            "publishedAt": "2025-08-12T12:01:00Z",
            "source": {
                "id": "4b076cf5299b6d16a1b9fef3b354aade",
                "name": "The Journal",
                "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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