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Ireland News API

Get the live top headlines from Ireland with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Ireland 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=general&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 234974,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "df23e7c69234489295fae5f50a04788b",
            "title": "Katie Taylor - \"Being a stepmother has been a blessing, but it's definitely a challenge!\"",
            "description": "Olympic Gold Medal winning boxer Katie Taylor joins Brendan to talk about her childhood, her ground-breaking career, what she hates about professional boxing, her real relationship with her father and the joys of being a stepmother. Katie also picks five songs that have marked the chapters of her life including tracks by The Spice Girls.",
            "content": "Ad blocker detected\nTo listen to RTÉ.ie's radio and podcast services, you will need to disable any ad blocking extensions or whitelist this site.\nKatie Taylor - \"Being a stepmother has been a blessing, but it's definitely a challenge!\"\nOlympic Gold M... [1180 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22580445/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/0023d353-1200.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-31T14:11:27Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5db13dcebfb953162938daed6440fe7d",
            "title": "Tipperary Council plan to demolish 52 incomplete houses",
            "description": "Tipperary County Council is pushing forward with plans to demolish 52 incomplete houses that works stopped on almost 20 years ago.",
            "content": "Tipperary County Council is pushing forward with plans to demolish 52 incomplete houses that works stopped on almost 20 years ago.\nLast week, the council issued a tender for the demolition of the houses at Ballypadeen, near Cashel, known locally as t... [1937 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2026/0131/1556126-tipperary-council-housing/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/0023d424-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-31T13:02:53Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "47e46186d521e25217c1475829e56a14",
            "title": "Garda investigation as man dies in early morning road collision in County Kildare",
            "description": "The incident happened this morning at 5.25am, when the pedestrian who was in 50s, was knocked down at Mylerstown area, Robertstown.",
            "content": "A MAN DIED this morning when he was struck by a car on a roadway in County Kildare.\nThe incident happened this morning at 5.25am, when the pedestrian who was in 50s, was knocked down at Mylerstown area, Robertstown.\nA garda statement said that the sc... [807 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/pedestrian-man-dead-in-crash-robertstown-kildare-6943747-Jan2026/",
            "image": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/6943747/river/?height=400&version=6943751",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-31T12:51:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4b076cf5299b6d16a1b9fef3b354aade",
                "name": "The Journal",
                "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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