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": 269548,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b2e8a6b417137c2aea305a22d7bd5781",
            "title": "‘Two stronger than one’: Co Down runner helps man who collapsed to finish Boston Marathon",
            "description": "Aaron Beggs (40), a member of North Down Athletic Club, ‘couldn’t pass an athlete in distress’",
            "content": "A pair of Boston Marathon runners who teamed up to help a fellow athlete across the race’s finish line have been praised for their “beautiful moment” of sportsmanship.\nAjay Haridasse (21), a university student from Wakefield, Massachusetts, found him... [2863 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/04/23/two-stronger-than-one-co-down-runner-helps-man-who-collapsed-to-finish-boston-marathon/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DNBPYRKCXZHHZOFY4YPVGVDCTU.JPG?smart=true&auth=13fa525163e74f8bce2d380278629de905285d7c53a3611731e327de42eb0fa0&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T07:29:54Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c326179f53af63bbb9fa0b94f682f18e",
            "title": "Roscommon ambush well flagged as Castlebar date looms",
            "description": "It's a different kind of rivalry to Mayo-Galway, but arguably one with a bit more needle and bitterness",
            "content": "For those still in the hunt for provincial honours, last weekend's fare in Leinster stands as a warning.\nSome Kildare people got slightly upset with me last week (I think the Spurs analogy probably got their back up) but in fairness they got the job ... [6305 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2026/0422/1569522-roscommon-ambush-well-flagged-as-castlebar-date-dooms/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/001d39b4-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T05:43:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "81591e81449e2548cdd257431fe94a6a",
            "title": "Irish citizenship saved Hiko Tonosa’s life. Now he’s eyeing a place at the Olympics",
            "description": "Ethiopian-born runner was in Cork in 2017 when he received a call warning him not to return home",
            "content": "A shade over 42 kilometres, or 26.2 miles in old money, the marathon is an endeavour of resilience. The story of how Hiko Tonosa came to represent Ireland draws few parallels.\nOriginally from Shashamane in Ethiopia, around 250km south of the country’... [4567 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/04/23/irish-citizenship-saved-hiko-tonosas-life-now-hes-eyeing-a-place-at-the-olympics/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HRYHGIZBORCNC2U5ERTO3LNUJ4.jpg?smart=true&auth=1fb59169d8790095e96de664c465a19f946233537070cc0a1e5bb2892dfdec8a&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T05:01:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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