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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": 260684,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "7b48efcdd3b7f14ded1a823727bc0a56",
            "title": "Cork woman pays tribute to 'most wonderful' partner after meat factory death",
            "description": "Cork man Patrick Gleeson died in a workplace incident earlier this month.",
            "content": "A WOMAN HAS paid tribute to her partner who died in a workplace incident at a meat factory in Co Tipperary, describing him as the “most wonderful man”.\nAntoinette Hyland described as “horrific” hearing that the the love of her life Patrick Gleeson di... [3267 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/meat-plant-death-roscrea-6995935-Mar2026/",
            "image": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/6995935/river/?height=400&version=6997031",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-29T20:04:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4b076cf5299b6d16a1b9fef3b354aade",
                "name": "thejournal.ie",
                "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ed784d53baf66801c4e5c6f1c4a57d6f",
            "title": "Five injured after collision in Co Westmeath",
            "description": "Five people have been injured after a collision between a car and a van in Co Westmeath this afternoon.",
            "content": "Five people have been injured after a collision between a car and a van in Co Westmeath this afternoon.\nThe collision on the N62 at Ballinahown happened at around 1pm.\nThe female driver of the van, 40s, was brought to Midland Regional Hospital Mullin... [649 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0329/1565814-collision-westmeath/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/001eafb9-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-29T20:03:57Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b3436c845c9107de2e8653458fdb8b70",
            "title": "Irish Scientists Develop Breakthrough Blood Test to Transform Bowel Cancer",
            "description": "Scientists from Trinity College Dublin, Dublin City University, and University College Dublin have embarked on a transformative project centered on the early detection of colorectal cancer (CRC), harnessing recent funding of €670,000 from Enterprise Ireland’s Commercialisation Fund. This initiative aims to develop",
            "content": "Scientists from Trinity College Dublin, Dublin City University, and University College Dublin have embarked on a transformative project centered on the early detection of colorectal cancer (CRC), harnessing recent funding of €670,000 from Enterprise ... [7699 chars]",
            "url": "https://bioengineer.org/irish-scientists-develop-breakthrough-blood-test-to-transform-bowel-cancer-detection/",
            "image": "https://bioengineer.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Irish-Scientists-Develop-Breakthrough-Blood-Test-to-Transform-Bowel-Cancer.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-29T19:24:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "23ff7bf015f0d862898c0a1d1f175b81",
                "name": "Bioengineer.org",
                "url": "https://bioengineer.org"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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