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": 323010,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "483ce31984132cd1aa515b4ccf0dd8ff",
            "title": "Man killed in Grafton Street stabbing was ‘always smiling’ and a ‘credit to his community’",
            "description": "Qayyum Balogun (21) was killed in the early hours of Monday as he tried to flee from armed attacker pursuing him",
            "content": "Gardaí investigating the killing of 21-year-old gig promoter Qayyum Balogun in a stabbing off Grafton Street, Dublin at the weekend are studying video footage capturing the chaotic moments before he was fatally attacked.\nDetectives have ruled out a r... [4351 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/02/gardai-studying-video-footage-of-moments-leading-up-fatal-grafton-street-stabbing/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7CBUJVA3SVGLRAMEBY2BWDK42Q.jpeg?smart=true&auth=ac76d81866326f7a1da6d0d5e6b74132c484ddb0c1aba3db69b06a05a95375ec&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T20:11:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b8b40c28bff5243dac422e66069c5d71",
            "title": "Man who died after Blanchardstown attack suffered ‘traumatic’ injuries, court hears",
            "description": "Teenagers physically and verbally attacked Alex Coughlan, court hears, as one of teens denied bail for second time",
            "content": "A postmortem has established that Alex Coughlan, who died after being severely injured in Blanchardstown last month, suffered “traumatic” head and neck injuries, a court has heard.\nCoughlan, who was 37, was found unconscious on May 17th on Mill Road.... [2885 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/02/man-who-died-after-blanchardstown-attack-suffered-traumatic-injuries-court-hears/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ORGDNIZBEZBTFJ4JGQUBMZ5ZAM.jpg?smart=true&auth=6bef52dbbb46baf1a52e9179c56b7775555f9d6b064e5d4759adc2668d4adb38&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T18:22:28Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "16300ab2dc6c62300401d23d03a1e7f2",
            "title": "Irish Rail says rumours new Darts are too big for tunnels are false",
            "description": "Roll-out of new carriages is delayed, but company says this has nothing to do with their size",
            "content": "Irish Rail has dismissed suggestions that new carriages bought for the Dart service are too big to fit through the tunnels on Bray Head in Co Wicklow.\nA rumour that the carriages would leave insufficient headroom to comply with safety regulations app... [2277 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2026/06/02/irish-rail-says-rumours-new-darts-are-too-big-for-tunnels-are-false/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5OKUMGSTAO4SNHLH7Q24PTLQKI.jpg?smart=true&auth=7b27e1d2cf940dff4575de09427015c4fe48379a59dc197de3b6ed0d204b6c36&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T18:01:28Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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