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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": 253480,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a2e6ba5ac2bd186351953db1892278ed",
            "title": "Edogbo cherishing 'special moment' after Ireland debut",
            "description": "Edwin Edogbo's Ireland debut was short and sweet and the Munster lock is keen to gain as much experience as he can in his breakthrough season.",
            "content": "Edwin Edogbo's Ireland debut was short and sweet and the Munster lock is keen to gain as much experience as he can in his breakthrough season.\nThe 23-year-old, who missed two years due to injury before his October comeback, was introduced in the 70th... [3633 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2026/0215/1558599-edogbo-cherishing-special-moment-after-ireland-debut/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/0023e569-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-16T06:44:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0620a2f4004d3b64a2e7dd74684cab84",
            "title": "Six Nations 2026: Five talking points from round two",
            "description": "The second weekend of the Six Nations brings redemption for Scotland, another blistering display from France and a threat for Ireland.",
            "content": "There were questions asked of Scotland and head coach Gregor Townsend after the opening weekend defeat by Italy but you would struggle to find a more emphatic riposte than their 31-20 victory over England.\nScotland started brilliantly and never took ... [6707 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/articles/cq6qg5y983zo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/1ecb/live/b0cb8d30-0abe-11f1-b5e2-dd58fc65f0f6.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-16T06:09:48Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "146d99753b726c9b57049803bf20665e",
            "title": "Dan Sheehan enjoys bus trip before Rob Kearney, Conor Murray and Peter O’Mahony jump ship",
            "description": "Mack Hansen bemoans a ‘weird narrative’ around the Ireland team on The Tommy Tiernan Show",
            "content": "“Seventy to 80 per cent of households in Wales watch when we play in the Six Nations,” Sam Warburton told Gabby Logan before Sunday’s game got under way in Cardiff. By the 15th minute, by which point France had scored their third try, you had to conc... [3911 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/02/16/dan-sheehan-enjoys-bus-trip-before-rob-kearney-conor-murray-and-peter-omahony-jump-ship/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OENEAWX3F7QT224RKYILAT7JDA.jpg?smart=true&auth=be38315f1fa68f0cd892cfe09489780d9eba2f74436793c869fdf141032515d1&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-16T06:08:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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