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": 303902,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "709862720810eae1daf5e211ed17684e",
            "title": "The 'game from hell' and the era that rose from its ashes",
            "description": "Dublin and Donegal have met just seven times previously in the football championship, but some of those contests have proven to be memorable encounters. The infamous 2011 semi-final clash is perhaps the one that lives longest in the memory.",
            "content": "Dublin and Donegal remains a rare enough championship fixture, but when the counties cross paths, they tend to make for memorable occasions.\nSunday marks just the eighth time - including a replay in 2002 - the sides have locked horns. Donegal have on... [8144 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2026/0619/1579349-the-game-from-hell-and-the-era-that-rose-from-its-ashes/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00248c84-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-21T07:05:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1f5f339832a38bce35a9f0ffdbaaec9d",
            "title": "'Cheater buster' sites: The latest scam that offers to expose your partner's secrets for a fee",
            "description": "Our FactCheck editor details the internet trends seen by a thirtysomething-year-old man.",
            "content": "I’VE CAUGHT MYSELF behaving badly.\nOver the past couple of months, Facebook has been targeting me with ads for digital private detectives who claim they can expose what people in my life are furtively doing on their phones.\n“It only took 2 minutes to... [4649 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/internet-diaries-cheater-buster-websites-scam-7074544-Jun2026/",
            "image": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/7074544/river/?height=400&version=7075945",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-21T07:01:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4b076cf5299b6d16a1b9fef3b354aade",
                "name": "The Journal",
                "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "83232dc1dccdf5bb4415dace7b01c28a",
            "title": "Book of evidence awaited for French man who harassed woman in Falcarragh",
            "description": "A book of evidence is still awaited in the case of a French national accused of urinating on a woman's clothing, stealing her underwear and harassing her in Don...",
            "content": "A book of evidence is still awaited in the case of a French national accused of urinating on a woman's clothing, stealing her underwear and harassing her in Donegal.\nChristian Blanc is charged with eight offences relating to dates in 2025.\nThe 59-yea... [1842 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.donegaldaily.com/news/book-of-evidence-awaited-for-french-man-who-harassed-woman-in-falcarragh-638620",
            "image": "https://img.resized.co/donegaldaily/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL3N0b3JhZ2UuZG9uZWdhbGRhaWx5LmNvbVxcXC9wcm9kXFxcL3VwbG9hZHNcXFwvMjAyNlxcXC8wM1xcXC9DaHJpc3RpYW4tQmxhbmMtMS0xMDI0eDUzNi5qcGdcIixcIndpZHRoXCI6MTIwMCxcImhlaWdodFwiOjYyNyxcImRlZmF1bHRcIjpcImh0dHBzOlxcXC9cXFwvc3RvcmFnZS5kb25lZ2FsZGFpbHkuY29tXFxcL3Byb2RcXFwvdXBsb2Fkc1xcXC8yMDI2XFxcLzAzXFxcL25vLWltYWdlLnBuZ1wiLFwib3B0aW9uc1wiOltdfSIsImhhc2giOiI4YzQ4NjY1YjJhMTFmOTM4YWJiMjQ3MTc4MDRkOGJlOGU4NzQxYmY1In0=/book-of-evidence-awaited-for-french-man-who-harassed-woman-in-falcarragh.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-21T06:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "dd32aba625980f703e3d3eae2bbebc26",
                "name": "Donegal Daily",
                "url": "https://www.donegaldaily.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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