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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": 254490,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f0f02f55af9c4b02512cbd3ce9631880",
            "title": "Irish cancer patients missing out on life-saving trials due to funding disparity",
            "description": "Oireachtas committee told medical research should be valued rather than viewed as an ‘add-on’",
            "content": "Cancer patients have to travel long distances to participate in potentially life-saving clinical trials because of shortages of research staff and uneven funding for regional programmes, an Oireachtas committee has heard.\nCancer Trials Ireland chief ... [3028 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/03/18/irish-cancer-patients-missing-out-on-life-saving-trials-due-to-funding-disparity/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CY35HPRLKJE6BDTLHGOX3XHL6U.jpg?smart=true&auth=0f6221014979b19a96c723b88a0a09d7092bddcb8ef31873e268375b8fc4bd04&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-18T20:45:43Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "48a6c8d45a7a63604ab0aefa82ae3590",
            "title": "Leaky brain barrier - News & Events",
            "description": "The work, led by teams at Trinity and the FutureNeuro Research Ireland Centre, has pinpointed the mechanism linking some sports injuries to poor brain health in retired athletes.",
            "content": "Posted on: 18 March 2026\nThe work, led by teams at Trinity and the FutureNeuro Research Ireland Centre, has pinpointed the mechanism linking some sports injuries to poor brain health in retired athletes.\nThe research, published today in leading inter... [4207 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/top-stories/featured/leaky-brain-barrier/",
            "image": "https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/top-stories/featured/leaky-brain-barrier/:/media/tcd/news-images/Rugby-maul.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-18T19:40:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ef09f43c569a861ad7ef0eb26cdcad86",
                "name": "Trinity College Dublin",
                "url": "https://www.tcd.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6944790689238c64e706fb02a76e4103",
            "title": "Govt to intervene in response to rising fuel costs",
            "description": "Tánaiste Simon Harris has confirmed the Government is finalising an \"appropriate intervention\" to address rising fuel costs.",
            "content": "Tánaiste Simon Harris has confirmed the Government is finalising an \"appropriate intervention\" to address rising fuel costs.\nHe said this response will be focused on areas where there is the \"most acute pressure\"\nMr Harris said the Government's respo... [3909 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2026/0318/1563983-ireland-politics/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/0023fd7c-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-18T19:03:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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