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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": 227306,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e0582b9267393e5074579d771ce8e23c",
            "title": "Actor John Alford jailed after sexually assaulting girls aged 14 and 15",
            "description": "Alford was convicted of four counts of sexual activity with a child, sexual assault and assault by penetration relating to the two victims.",
            "content": "English actor John Alford, who starred in ITV's London's Burning and BBC's Grange Hill, has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years in the UK after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting two teenage girls during a party at a friend’s home.\nThe 54-... [4689 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.breakingnews.ie/world/actor-john-alford-jailed-after-sexually-assaulting-girls-aged-14-and-15-1852473.html",
            "image": "https://img.resized.co/breaking-news/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL2ltYWdlcy5icmVha2luZ25ld3MuaWVcXFwvcHJvZFxcXC91cGxvYWRzXFxcLzIwMjZcXFwvMDFcXFwvMTQxNjUyMTFcXFwvMi44MTM1NzU4Ni5qcGdcIixcIndpZHRoXCI6MTIwMCxcImhlaWdodFwiOjYyNyxcImRlZmF1bHRcIjpcImh0dHBzOlxcXC9cXFwvd3d3LmJyZWFraW5nbmV3cy5pZVxcXC9pXFxcL2JuLW5vaW1hZ2UucG5nXCIsXCJvcHRpb25zXCI6W119IiwiaGFzaCI6IjdkNDAxMjcwZTRjN2UwMGFmZGU0NWNhOWRiMTFkMjNjZjVjNmZjNmIifQ==/actor-john-alford-jailed-after-sexually-assaulting-girls-aged-14-and-15.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-14T17:00:41Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1951d186094a4179f14aad4185bb1055",
                "name": "BreakingNews.ie",
                "url": "https://www.breakingnews.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0689ec4e07a659f0fe9c60b284b41a82",
            "title": "Accused recorded victim dancing with man, court told",
            "description": "A man accused of the murder of his ex-girlfriend recorded her dancing with another man at a New Year's Eve party just hours before her body was discovered under a duvet in the bed of his flat, his trial has heard.",
            "content": "A man accused of the murder of his ex-girlfriend recorded her dancing with another man at a New Year's Eve party just hours before her body was discovered under a duvet in the bed of his flat, his trial has heard.\nMiller Pacheco, aged 32, of Formiga ... [5214 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2026/0114/1553118-miller-pacheco-court/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/001d11da-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-14T16:52:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1d8c3ef9cdda068dff833015f709c573",
            "title": "London's Burning actor John Alford jailed for sexually assaulting girls aged 14 and 15",
            "description": "London's Burning star John Alford has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years for sexually assaulting two girls aged 14 and 15.",
            "content": "London's Burning star John Alford has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years for sexually assaulting two girls aged 14 and 15.\nThe 54-year-old attacked the girls during a party at a friend's home in April 2022.\nThe trial heard he bought £250 of food,... [895 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/londons-burning-actor-john-alford-jailed-for-sexually-assaulting-two-girls-aged-14-and-15-13494262",
            "image": "https://e3.365dm.com/25/12/1600x900/skynews-john-alford-hertfordshire-police_7101554.jpg?20251205090901",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-14T16:48:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "896bbd67b1fce1e7e97122b9a4345dab",
                "name": "Sky News",
                "url": "https://news.sky.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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