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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": 237228,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f01b67d8a2fd3d07dfea9f509b5e931a",
            "title": "Crowds delayed entry as murder suspect chased at Sawgrass",
            "description": "A search by US authorities for a man who shot and killed two people in a car park near TPC Sawgrass in Florida led The Players Championship to delay opening the gates for the third round of the event on Saturday.",
            "content": "A search by US authorities for a man who shot and killed two people in a car park near TPC Sawgrass in Florida led The Players Championship to delay opening the gates for the third round of the event on Saturday.\nOfficials said the suspect, identifie... [654 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/golf/2026/0314/1563426-third-round-delayed-as-murder-suspect-pursued-at-sawgrass/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00240eb1-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-14T13:18:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "21ede352dc8eaeda4cb066ec4ee45828",
            "title": "Scottish First Minister says he wouldn't take his son to Old Firm game following latest disorder",
            "description": "‘The risk to other fans, to members of the stewarding staff, to police officers, to players, was just terrible,’ said John Swinney.",
            "content": "SCOTLAND’S FIRST MINISTER has said he would not take his teenage son to an Old Firm game, following clashes between fans last weekend.\nA number of arrests have been made following the scenes between Rangers and Celtic fans at the game last Sunday at ... [2635 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/scottish-first-minister-says-he-wouldnt-take-son-to-old-firm-game-6985070-Mar2026/",
            "image": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/6985070/river/?height=400&version=6985072",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-14T10:23:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4b076cf5299b6d16a1b9fef3b354aade",
                "name": "The Journal",
                "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "329aafbe735940305de4bf6d76b7c704",
            "title": "Cheltenham punter bags incredible €558,000 payout on final day of festival",
            "description": "An Irish punter walked away from the Cheltenham Festival with over half a million in winnings after picking out an astonishing six winners on... Read More",
            "content": "Click here to add us to your Google preferred sources or find out more here\nAn Irish punter walked away from the Cheltenham Festival with over half a million in winnings after picking out an astonishing six winners on Friday's card.\nThe 69-year-old p... [2184 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.racingpost.com/news/festivals/cheltenham-festival/cheltenham-punter-bags-incredible-558000-payout-on-final-day-of-festival-azOwD9G57Qog/",
            "image": "https://media.racingpost.gcpp.io/prod/images/gm_preview/03c62e02821d-cheltenham-festival-racegoers.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-14T09:32:24Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3bf341e968205cbe76774fddc5f038f9",
                "name": "Racing Post",
                "url": "https://www.racingpost.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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