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": 273168,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d3ff498cc3baeaa2b8dfb2a1cc95a887",
            "title": "Fenton suspects Heslin helping Westmeath to prep for Con",
            "description": "Brian Fenton would be \"hugely surprised\" to see his old college friend John Heslin line up for Westmeath in Sunday's Leinster SFC final against Dublin, but suspects the forward might he helping his county to prepare for a Con O'Callaghan-led Dubs attack.",
            "content": "Brian Fenton would be \"hugely surprised\" to see his old college friend John Heslin line up for Westmeath in Sunday's Leinster SFC final against Dublin, but suspects the forward might he helping his county to prepare for a Con O'Callaghan-led Dubs att... [3958 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2026/0513/1573182-fenton-suspects-heslin-helping-westmeath-to-prep-for-con/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00245c4f-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-13T15:28:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8654489558a7eb6fa7d2dc21905b3841",
            "title": "Munster's governance review 'a load of nonsense'",
            "description": "Bernard Jackman has branded Munster's new governance review as \"a load of nonsense\" and a \"box-ticking\" exercise, as the province deal with the fallout from the Roger Randle saga.",
            "content": "Bernard Jackman has branded Munster's new governance review as \"a load of nonsense\" and a \"box-ticking\" exercise, as the province deal with the fallout from the Roger Randle saga.\nMunster Rugby confirmed on Tuesday that they were commissioning an ind... [4611 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2026/0513/1573186-jackman-munsters-governance-review-a-load-of-nonsense/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00245c45-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-13T15:25:02Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "86eb004ad7ce8d08fca672920f429a61",
            "title": "'I'm as negative as I could be right now'",
            "description": "Pádraig Harrington says he is in a negative headspace ahead of this week's PGA Championship, but the Dubliner believes he can still win another major.",
            "content": "Pádraig Harrington says he is in a negative headspace ahead of this week's PGA Championship, but the Dubliner believes he can still win another major.\nHarrington, 54, managed back-to-back Open Championships in 2007 and 2008, with a PGA Championship w... [2507 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/golf/2026/0513/1573101-harrington-im-as-negative-as-i-could-be-right-now/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00245bb1-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-13T13:57:33Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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