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": 7971530,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "7fedd31aa123f147e38878ce129ce0fb",
            "title": "Civil servants' review of Budget 2026 shows poverty will rise next year",
            "description": "In a damning review, the body said Budget 2026 will lead to average income losses across all income groups.",
            "content": "THE PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET Office, an independent body within the Houses of the Oireachtas, has said that many people will experience income losses as a result of yesterday’s Budget.\nIt pointed to the withdrawal of cost-of-living measures as a cause an... [1226 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/parliamentary-budget-office-budget-2026-6839245-Oct2025/",
            "image": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/6839245/river/?height=400&version=6839254",
            "publishedAt": "2025-10-08T22:01:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4b076cf5299b6d16a1b9fef3b354aade",
                "name": "The Journal",
                "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie",
                "country": "ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ba5e3844bc2af9d1d721308297f64fc8",
            "title": "Taoiseach apologises after Gavin withdraws from presidential race",
            "description": "Micheál Martin apologises to his party after its presidential candidate, Jim Gavin, withdrew from the race.",
            "content": "Taoiseach apologises after Gavin's withdrawal from presidential race\n2 hours ago\nKevin Sharkey and Gabija GataveckaiteBBC News NI\nTaoiseach (Irish PM) Micheál Martin has apologised to his party after Fianna Fáil's Irish presidential candidate Jim Gav... [3827 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2n3wkq8l7o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/9edb/live/d2193eb0-a489-11f0-961e-13040d1e97f4.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-10-08T20:07:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com",
                "country": "ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b197b89c1a06cbc6512e9c7035acc98e",
            "title": "Drugs worth €8.2m seized in two",
            "description": "Gardaí have seized drugs worth around €8.2 million during an operation targeting organised crime.",
            "content": "Gardaí have seized drugs worth around €8.2 million during an operation targeting organised crime.\nMore than 110 kilos of cocaine and 1.5 kilos of heroin, along with £38,000 and €63,000, were seized yesterday and today.\nThe drugs were recovered from t... [782 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/1008/1537555-gardai-drugs-seizure/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00234a42-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-10-08T19:39:44Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie",
                "country": "ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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