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": 307500,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8242351d2ce06af1b4e9d88d9e1c33e6",
            "title": "Take a look - Could it be skin cancer?",
            "description": "Irish people are often at a higher risk of skin cancer, so it’s important to know how to spot a melanoma and distinguish it from a normal freckle or mole",
            "content": "Melanoma rates in Ireland have surged over the last three decades, with the number of new cases each year increasing by 81% between 1994 and the early 2020s. Rates are predicted to double again by 2050.\nThis alarming rise has left dermatologists sear... [8562 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/healthandwellbeing/arid-41869209.html",
            "image": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10266/5133066_4_org_Copy_20of_20iStock-1769781105_1_.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-26T01:01:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "634dc62a3fe9c48f4c2cc004e680a220",
                "name": "Irish Examiner",
                "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "04d4b5ab7df93ee949bf69c4b1edb178",
            "title": "Best workout times for both larks and owls",
            "description": "Any exercise is better than none, but the ideal time to go to the gym or for a run depends on whether you are a morning or night person",
            "content": "“Morning-type individuals responded best to exercise sessions between 8am and 11am, while evening-type individuals showed greater improvements when exercising between 6pm and 9pm,” says Tariq. “The key message is not that morning or evening exercise ... [4500 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/healthandwellbeing/arid-41869254.html",
            "image": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10266/5133105_7_org_MixCollage-25-Jun-2026-04-59-PM-6434.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-26T01:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "634dc62a3fe9c48f4c2cc004e680a220",
                "name": "Irish Examiner",
                "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "af16247d2e8f00e9f8f8ebf9570bfad7",
            "title": "Wine with Leslie: Burgundy has become unaffordable, here are three alternatives",
            "description": "Some French vineyards are reporting up to a 80% damage to the vines due to recent hailstorms",
            "content": "So what are the alternatives? Well chardonnay and pinot noir from other regions is the obvious suggestion, Alsace, Baden, and the Pfalz are three suggestions, plus of course New Zealand, Chile and other new world regions (I’m not mentioning Californi... [2786 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/food/arid-41868906.html",
            "image": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10264/5132088_4_org_iStock-471702526.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-26T00:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "634dc62a3fe9c48f4c2cc004e680a220",
                "name": "Irish Examiner",
                "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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