Ireland Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from Ireland with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Ireland Sports 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=sports&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 281484,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "4adee012d720bc20a26cacbc3a4683a3",
            "title": "No O'Callaghan as Dublin remain unchanged",
            "description": "Dublin manager Ger Brennan has named an unchanged team for Sunday's Leinster SFC final with Westmeath, with six-time All-Ireland winner Con O'Callaghan again absent from the match-day panel.",
            "content": "Dublin manager Ger Brennan has named an unchanged team for Sunday's Leinster SFC final with Westmeath (2pm), with six-time All-Ireland winner Con O’Callaghan again absent from the match-day panel.\nThe Cuala star came off at half-time during the nervy... [1388 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2026/0514/1573426-team-news-no-ocallaghan-as-dublin-remain-unchanged/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00245df7-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-14T21:28:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a204692d2d69c32b8e4d019be0577b11",
            "title": "Manchester City 2-1 Manchester United: Reigan Heskey settles FA Youth Cup final with late derby goal",
            "description": "Report as Man City beat Manchester United to win their fifth FA Youth Cup final; Reigan Heskey, son of Emile, scored the winning goal; Godwill Kukonki had cancelled out Floyd Sambas opening free-kick for City; Michael Carrick, Bruno Fernandes and Pep Guardiola among those watching on",
            "content": "Reigan Heskey, son of Emile, scored a superb late winner as Manchester City beat Manchester United 2-1 to win the FA Youth Cup for the fifth time in their history.\nWith Pep Guardiola, Phil Foden and Antoine Semenyo watching on at the Joie Stadium, th... [2448 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13544111/manchester-city-2-1-manchester-united-reigan-heskey-settles-fa-youth-cup-final-with-late-derby-goal",
            "image": "https://e0.365dm.com/26/05/1600x900/skysports-man-city-fa-youth-cup-final_7248999.jpg?20260514214231",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-14T20:46:59Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "375c6022b40a085995083df0ed1ac413",
                "name": "Sky Sports",
                "url": "https://www.skysports.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "379376fed3e8883cd68a9d3388a8972a",
            "title": "2026 PGA Championship - Day One: Shane Lowry two off the lead but Rory McIlroy suffers disastrous finish for his round",
            "description": "Can Rory McIlroy continue his quest for a calendar slam or can Shane Lowry get back into the winner’s enclosure?",
            "content": "Can Rory McIlroy continue his quest for a calendar slam or can Shane Lowry get back into the winner’s enclosure?\nPádraig Harrington and Tom McKibbin round out the Irish interest and you can follow how they and all the other contenders get on at Aroni... [6370 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.independent.ie/sport/golf/2026-pga-championship-day-one-shane-lowry-two-off-the-lead-but-rory-mcilroy-suffers-disastrous-finish-for-his-round/a1299843082.html",
            "image": "https://focus.independent.ie/thumbor/fd3EIz4wrJOaWTdVZBcgh50bteo=/0x236:2156x1675/629x0/prod-mh-ireland/eb2512b2-a459-4f0e-8819-072d2a23dfb2/e11d7cf3-f00a-4c85-9e51-b24d9b3d85cd/GettyImages_2276269595.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-14T20:21:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ae507f956c22e5192e709803bdcb0f18",
                "name": "The Irish Independent",
                "url": "https://www.independent.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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