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": 325170,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a1aea5c05292f694877bf10d3f0f50c5",
            "title": "Behind the scenes at Gravity & Other Myths: ‘So few people get to do what they love. I’ve won the lottery’",
            "description": "The Australian contemporary circus troupe are on their way to Cork Midsummer Festival. What’s it like to be on the road 300 days a year?",
            "content": "When Angus McKean meets someone in passing, does he tell them what he does?\n“I usually don’t mention it,” he says. “Undoubtedly it does come up after a while, and the reaction is split. It’s either ‘You’re lying’ or ‘That’s the coolest thing I’ve eve... [10311 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2026/05/25/behind-the-scenes-at-gravity-other-myths-so-few-people-get-to-do-what-they-love-ive-won-the-lottery/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PV4JG7HMWNC4BASATJDOCKQUJ4.jpg?smart=true&auth=84b89c243b4f1759aef71b2b778e919d30db1a0e8095e34ac7a78a16fea55e9d&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-25T04:18:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "98a455a4c9d4de1e32a453e8f499a6f9",
            "title": "Plan for 583 apartments in Walkinstown wins backing of An Coimisiún Pleanála",
            "description": "Appeals board reassures nearby waste disposal site that it should not fear objections from future residents over smells and noise",
            "content": "Plans for 583 apartments in Walkinstown can proceed after An Coimisiún Pleanála rejected an appeal from a nearby waste facility to block the development.\nKeyWaste Ltd, since renamed KeyGreen Ltd, which operates a 24-hour waste facility in Greenhills ... [2167 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/23/plan-for-583-apartments-in-walkinstown-wins-backing-of-an-coimisiun-pleanala/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5LLQSKMTDNC6PASDLGU75ATA7I.jpg?smart=true&auth=e1c7148ad962e60495288859e540935549c32d06238e2e6ad52b1186941a4c4a&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-25T04:00:22Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f508f037472cc296ed92e7c8582643b0",
            "title": "Little Vanities by Sarah Gilmartin: Near-flawless novel on relinquishing our self-delusions",
            "description": "In her three novels, Gilmartin excels at complex and authentic characters. Here, we meet various Dublin types",
            "content": "An epigraph from Philip Roth’s novel Deception sets the tone for Sarah Gilmartin’s third novel, Little Vanities – “The old, old story – deceived by life”. From the very first page, we get friendship, lies, recrimination, resentment, jealousy, betraya... [4360 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/05/25/little-vanities-by-sarah-gilmartin-near-flawless-novel-on-relinquishing-our-self-delusions/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OI3YLV6PYVFJZHNDW3JC3YQOBI.JPG?smart=true&auth=03fd02ebd4377798ab8bd7d37ab022f85be0671ef59f5d1062c5924fb42cbc24&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-25T03:09:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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