Ireland News API

Get the live top headlines from Ireland with our JSON 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": 298384,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "02ae6c7bdb261bd680be3da11d66ff1a",
            "title": "More than three-quarters of addicts are multi-substance users, says treatment centre",
            "description": "Continued trend of rising cocaine users and rising multi-substance users, says the Rutland Centre",
            "content": "Ireland’s profile of addiction has seen a shift, according to figures from a treatment centre, with 77 per cent of its clients presenting with two or more addictions.\nMaebh Mullaney, the chief executive of the Rutland Centre, told RTÉ Radio’s Morning... [3272 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/21/more-than-three-quarters-of-addicts-are-multi-substance-users-says-treatment-centre/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PYQP4PZYPBHWBPSRS7HC2MLMNE.jpg?smart=true&auth=107fbdefb92783e1ea42ad3d760f94b15c64830e8f839130f043199d052d6958&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T10:40:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ceb05a00457c9a9cea8bc317e490751a",
            "title": "TD who gave sex offender reference",
            "description": "The Court of Appeal has refused to reveal the identity of a former TD who provided a character reference on behalf of a one-time government advisor convicted of sexually exploiting a 13-year-old boy at a Christian children's camp.",
            "content": "The Court of Appeal has refused to reveal the identity of a former TD who provided a character reference on behalf of a one-time government advisor convicted of sexually exploiting a 13-year-old boy at a Christian children's camp.\nAt the appeal heari... [6347 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0421/1569345-offender-reference-td/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/0023e085-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T10:19:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5f80225bd34f332a832e2b9ae12e85f8",
            "title": "IFA rejects Varadkar comments that Ireland’s urban people are ‘paying all the bills’",
            "description": "Francie Gorman says ‘idea you can have rural-based economy in Ireland and not have agriculture at backbone doesn’t stand up’",
            "content": "The president of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) has rejected comments by former taoiseach Leo Varadkar that it was the people of urban Ireland who were “paying all the bills”.\nVaradkar recently appeared on Matt Cooper’s Path to Power podcast, wh... [2786 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/21/ifa-rejects-varadkar-comments-that-irelands-urban-people-are-paying-all-the-bills/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2WIJJUJTPVEJFBFQQP3XERYV7E.JPG?smart=true&auth=63185b3e1f0580539ec541fdd8a2f91b6b68f1a8b34de5f53eedaca76641ad8f&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T10:08:58Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}
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