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Would you like to access news/blog content published by sources located in Ireland?
Code example
If you'd like to make a REST call, then make a following POST request:
Endpoint /api/v1/article/getArticles
Request body
{
"sourceLocationUri": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland",
"resultType": "articles",
"apiKey": "API_KEY"
}
If you'd like instead to do a GET request then call:
/api/v1/article/getArticles?sourceLocationUri=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FIreland&resultType=articles&apiKey=API_KEY
Example of JSON response
Below is an example JSON object that you would receive as the result of the request. You can retrieve also additional properties such as concepts, categories, source details, etc. by specifying additional parameters in the request as described on the documentation page.
{
"articles": {
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"date": "2026-09-04",
"time": "14:16:54",
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"url": "https://www.longfordleader.ie/national/e-scooter-users-warned-as-strict-new-rules-and-eu100-fines-come-into-effect-from-today-8960833",
"title": "E-scooter users warned as strict new rules and €100 fines come into effect from today",
"body": "The measures form part of a wider package of changes\n\nNew rules governing the use of e-scooters on Irish roads have come into effect from today, Friday, September 4, as the Government moves to crack down on unsafe use of the increasingly popular vehicles.\n\nUnder the new regulations, anyone using an e-scooter is now legally required to wear a helmet and high-visibility clothing while riding.\n\nThose who fail to comply with the new safety requirements can face a fixed charge notice of €100.\n\nThe measures form part of a wider package of changes announced by the Government following growing concern over serious injuries and fatalities involving e-scooters, particularly among children and teenagers.\n\nMinister for Transport Darragh O'Brien and Minister of State with responsibility for Road Safety Seán Canney signed the regulations earlier this week.\n\nMinister O'Brien said the growing popularity of e-scooters had created new transport opportunities but had also been accompanied by a concerning rise in collisions and serious injuries involving riders, pedestrians and other road users.\n\nWhat are the rules from today?\n\nFrom Friday, September 4, e-scooter users must wear both a helmet and high-visibility clothing when using the vehicles.\n\nThese requirements are in addition to rules which were already in place for e-scooter users in Ireland.\n\nRiders must currently be at least 16 years old, while e-scooters used on public roads must meet a number of technical requirements.\n\nE-scooter users must travel on the left and obey the rules of the road. They can use cycle lanes, bus lanes and local, regional and national roads where permitted. However, they cannot ride on footpaths or in pedestrianised areas.\n\nOnly one person is permitted on an e-scooter at a time, meaning carrying a passenger is prohibited.\n\nE-scooters must also be fitted with functioning front and rear lights, reflectors, brakes and a bell or other audible warning device.\n\nThey cannot have a seat and cannot be used to carry goods and e-scooters which fall within the legal category are limited to a maximum design speed of 20km/h.\n\nMinimum age set to rise\n\nOne of the biggest changes proposed by the Government is an increase in the minimum age for e-scooter users from 16 to 18.\n\nThe measure has been delayed due to the requirement to notify the European Commission under the EU's Technical Regulation Information System.\n\nTransport Minister Darragh O'Brien confirmed on Thursday that the European Commission had agreed to waive the normal waiting period following a request for urgent adoption.\n\nThe Government will now proceed with drafting the regulations, with the new minimum age expected to come into effect in late September or early October. Until then, the existing minimum age of 16 remains in place.\n\nFurther fines and seizure costs on the way\n\nAdditional changes are also due to come into effect over the coming weeks. From October 2, the cost of having a seized e-scooter detained and stored will double.\n\nThe detention fee, including the first day of storage, will rise to €80, while riders will face a further charge of €30 for each additional day the vehicle remains in storage. Fixed charge notices for e-scooter offences are also being increased to €100.\n\nMeanwhile, proposals which could eventually require e-scooters to be registered and their users to hold insurance or a driving licence remain under consideration.\n\nThe Government has also not ruled out further restrictions on e-scooters, with a forthcoming Department of Health report into their public health implications expected to play a role in deciding what measures are introduced next.\n\nThe latest crackdown follows serious concern from medical professionals over the number of children suffering significant injuries in e-scooter incidents.\n\nEarlier this summer, doctors at Children's Health Ireland at Temple Street called for an outright ban after six children reportedly required life support over a two-week period as a result of injuries sustained in e-scooter incidents.\n\nThe Government subsequently approved a package of measures aimed at tightening the rules and improving safety for riders and other road users.",
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"title": "Kinisla and Teagasc launch 'Innovating for Success' joint dairy programme",
"body": "Kinisla and Teagasc have launched a renewed three-year joint dairy programme called 'Innovating for Success'.\n\nThe original joint dairy programme was among the pioneers of peer-led knowledge transfer in Irish dairying.\n\nBuilding on a partnership that spans more than 30 years, the renewed programme will continue to provide Kinisla milk suppliers with practical on-farm learning and access to the latest research and technical advice.\n\nSupporting farmers\n\nKinisla milk suppliers have increased output over the past decade, supported by growth in herd size and investment on farms.\n\nWith a focus on improving pasture utilisation, herd genetic merit and fertility, financial management and labour efficiency, the programme will also support farmers in improving water quality, reducing emissions, enhancing biodiversity and planning for generational renewal.\n\nIt will be delivered through three key strands: an innovation farm network, dairy business performance workshops and a resilient grazing systems pillar.\n\nInnovation farms will showcase leading practices and technologies, providing practical examples that can be shared across the wider supplier base.\n\nTechnical workshops and farm consultations\n\nThe programme will link closely with Teagasc's GROdairy project to demonstrate innovative farm succession business structures.\n\nWorking closely with the Kinisla Evolve RegenDairy programme, the joint dairy programme will provide a series of technical workshops and individual farm consultations.\n\nIt will also collaborate with the Signpost programme, Better Farming for Water and ASSAP to support suppliers in their efforts to enhance farm environmental sustainability.\n\nKinisla director of agribusiness and sustainability James O'Connell said: \"Our milk suppliers are at the heart of our business and this long-standing partnership with Teagasc provides an important platform to support their continued personal and business development.\n\n\"We want every supplier to have access to practical knowledge and the opportunity to improve their farm business for the future.\"\n\nHead of Teagasc dairy knowledge transfer Joe Patton added: \"Constant technical progress is essential if dairy farms are to remain profitable, resilient and sustainable. This programme will help farmers translate innovation into action on their own farms.\n\n\"The participation of the innovation farmers is vital to the programme and we are very grateful to them for sharing their knowledge and expertise with their Kinisla milk supplier peers.\"",
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"body": "Domenico Rizzo, a baker in Sicily, long sweated out the heat. Through years of stifling Italian summers, Rizzo (40) refused to install air-conditioning units in his bakery, fearing the cold air would make his muscles ache.\n\nThree years ago, he finally surrendered, setting up one wall-mounted air conditioner in the bakery, using the unit mainly to dehumidify the store rather than to cool it. (Air conditioning, he said, dries out the bread.)",
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"body": "'Holy Grail' of men's amateur golf touches down in west Clare for the first time\n\nLahinch Golf Club is synonymous with Irish amateur golf, and club captain John Gleeson had no hesitation in describing the staging of the 51st Walker Cup this weekend as the 'Holy Grail' for the west Clare club.\n\nThey join Portmarnock (1991) and Royal County Down (2007) as the third Irish club to stage a match first played in 1922, becoming the 36th club to receive the honour.\n\nAt a gala dinner of past hosts held in the club's impressively refurbished clubhouse earlier this week, Gleeson expressed his delight at the club's arrival at the summit of the men's amateur game.\n\n\"As I look around this room on a very special occasion, I normally don't get nervous, but I'm slightly nervous and apprehensive,\" he joked. \"The reason is that it is such an important occasion for Lahnch Golf Club.\n\n\"We were founded in 1892. We have a long and rich history in the game, particularly in the amateur game. The South of Ireland Championship, first played in 1895, has been at the forefront of golf here ever since. The famous John Burke, our own member, won it 11 times. JB Carr won it three times.\n\n\"But the essence of Lahinch has been, down the years, amateur golf, and so for us to be accorded the honour by the R&A, to have a Walker Cup, is very special indeed.\"\n\nReferring to Burke, Brud Slattery and Nancy Connole as some of the club's most distinguished servants, he added that \"for those people, but all of the others who have done so much for this club down the years, the Walker Cup is a validation of everything that Lahinch Golf Club stands for.\n\n\"The Holy Grail has arrived for Lahinch.\"\n\nSchedule of play\n\nSaturday: Four foursomes matches in the morning and eight singles matches in the afternoon. On Sunday, there will be four foursomes matches in the morning and 10 singles matches in the afternoon.\n\nOne full point is awarded for each victory, while a half-point is earned for matches that are all square after 18 holes. The USA needs 13 points to retain the Cup, while GB&I requires 13.5 points to reclaim it for the first time since 2015.\n\nCard of the course\n\nUnlike the 2019 Irish Open, when the second and fourth holes were played as par-fives, the Old Course at Lahinch will be played as on the traditional card.\n\nLahinch will be set up at 6,914 yards and will play to a par of 36-36-72. The yardage for each session will vary due to course set-up and conditions.\n\nThe course\n\nTotal 72, 6,914 yards\n\nHow to watch on TV\n\nFans can tune in to live coverage of The Walker Cup on Saturday and Sunday. The action will be broadcast on Sky Sports and R&A TV, with highlights on the BBC.\n\nSunday's action will also be available to watch live on The R&A YouTube channel. Viewers in the USA will be able to watch the match on Golf Channel.\n\nTV Schedule\n\nSaturday: Morning foursomes 8.30am to 1pm. Afternoon singles 2pm to 7pm.\n\nSunday: Morning foursomes 8am to 12.30pm. Afternoon singles 1.30pm to 7pm\n\nRecent matches (winners in bold)\n\n2025 Walker Cup: Cypress Point, California, USA 17 GB&I 9\n\n2023 Walker Cup: St. Andrews (Old Course), Scotland, USA 14½ GB&I 11½\n\n2021 Walker Cup: Seminole, Florida, USA 14 GB&I 12\n\n2019 Walker Cup: Royal Liverpool, England USA 15½ GB&I 10½\n\n2017 Walker Cup: The Los Angeles Country Club, USA 19 GB&I 7\n\n2015 Walker Cup: Royal Lytham & St Annes, England GB&I 16½ USA 9½\n\n2013 Walker Cup: National Golf Links of America, NY USA 17 GB&I 9\n\n2011 Walker Cup: Royal Aberdeen, Scotland GB&I 14 USA 12\n\n2009 Walker Cup: Merion Golf Club, Pa. USA 16½ GB&I 9½\n\n2007 Walker Cup: Royal County Down, Northern Ireland USA 12½ GB&I 11½\n\n2005 Walker Cup: Chicago Golf Club. USA 12½ GB&I 11½\n\n2003 Walker Cup: Ganton Golf Club, England GB&I 12½, USA 11½\n\n2001 Walker Cup: Ocean Forest Golf Club, GB&I 15 USA 9\n\nThe captains\n\nUSA: Nathan Smith (48)\n\nThe Pittsburgh native captained the victorious USA Team at Cypress Point Club in 2025 after competing in three Walker Cups as a player in 2009 (win), 2011 (loss) and 2013 (win), compiling a 3-4-1 overall record. Smith has won five USGA championships, including a record four US Mid-Amateurs. In 2004, Smith competed in the first of his four Masters Tournaments, where he was paired with Arnold Palmer, who was playing in his final Masters.\n\nGB&I: Dean Robertson (56)\n\nThe Scot captained the 2025 team at Cypress Point Club and represented Great Britain & Ireland in the 1993 Walker Cup Match at Interlachen Country Club in Minnesota. Although GB&I lost, Robertson did record a singles victory over USA legend Jay Sigel. He turned professional in 1993 and claimed two wins, including the 1999 Italian Open, finishing a career-best 25th on the Order of Merit that year. Currently serves as the high-performance golf coach at the University of Stirling in Scotland.\n\nThe teams (by world ranking)\n\nUSA\n\n1 - Preston Stout (21) from Texas. Making his second Walker Cup appearance. Playing alongside Ethan Fang at Oklahoma State, the World No 1 claimed the NCAA Division I individual title in May.\n\n2 - Tyler Watts (18) from Huntsville, Alabama, is an incoming freshman at the University of Tennessee. Making his first Walker Cup appearance.\n\n4 - William Jennings (20) from Greenville, South Carolina, is a rising junior at the University of Alabama. Making his first Walker Cup appearance. Runner-up in the stroke-play portion of the 2026 NCAA Championship.\n\n5 - Miles Russell (17) from Jacksonville Beach, Florida, is making his first Walker Cup appearance. The left-hander made the cut and finished T-39 in his US Open debut at Shinnecock Hills, where he played alongside Pádraig Harrington in the first two rounds. Won the US Kids World Championship twice.\n\n6 - Ryder Cowan (20) from Edmond, Oklahoma, is making his Walker Cup debut. Low-amateur at the 2026 US Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, finishing T-23.\n\n7 - Josiah Gilbert (20) from Millbrook, Alabama, is making his first Walker Cup appearance, having helped Auburn win the NCAA Division I Championship in 2024 and 2026.\n\n9 - Ethan Fang (21) from Plano, Texas, is making his second consecutive Walker Cup appearance. Won the 2025 Amateur Championship at Royal St George's, beating Co Louth's Gavin Tiernan.\n\n11 - Kihei Akina (20) from Alpine, Utah, is making his Walker Cup debut. Earned the 2026 Phil Mickelson Award as the top US collegiate freshman.\n\n12 - Jay Leng Jr (20) from San Diego, California, is another debutant. Runner-up in the 2026 US Amateur at Merion, he also won this year's Western Amateur. He was also a member of the 2023 USA Junior Ryder Cup Team.\n\n25 - Stewart Hagestad (35) from Newport Beach, California, is competing in his sixth Walker Cup. His 7-1 record in Walker Cup singles play makes him a formidable presence. All five of his previous appearances were victories for the USA. A three-time US Mid-Amateur winner, he has qualified for five US Opens.\n\nGreat Britain and Ireland\n\n3 - Tyler Weaver (21), England, is making his second Walker Cup appearance. The highest-ranked player on his team at No 2 in the latest World Amateur Golf Ranking. Enjoyed a stellar junior season at Florida State. Back issues have limited the Englishman's play this season. Went 1-3 at last year's Walker Cup, falling to Jackson Koivun in both singles matches.\n\n8 - Luke Poulter (22), England, is making his second Walker Cup appearance. The son of seven-time Ryder Cup star Ian Poulter, he went 2-2 at Cypress Point last year. Represented the International Team in their 2026 Arnold Palmer Cup win at Tralee.\n\n8 - Niall Sheils Donegan (21), Scotland, is making his second consecutive Walker Cup appearance. Won two of his three matches last year. Grew up in California, transferred to the University of North Carolina for the 2025-26 season after two years at Northwestern. Made the semis of the 2025 US Amateur. Another member of the Arnold Palmer Cup-winning side at Tralee.\n\n18 - Eliot Baker (23), England, is competing in his second Walker Cup. Runner-up at the 2026 England Men's Open Stroke Play, he tied for ninth at this year's European Amateur. The Devon native also made his DP World Tour debut in Scotland at the Nexo Championship, finishing in 15th place.\n\n26 - Connor Graham (19), Scotland, is competing in his third Walker Cup. Became the youngest-ever member of the team at 16 years old in 2023. 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"body": "Ronan O'Gara's La Rochelle face a formidable task in their opening match of the season in the uniquely powerful French league\n\nThe biggest and best league in the rugby world starts this weekend. Vibrant, full stadiums are the norm, especially when the likes of Bordeaux-Bègles, Toulouse and La Rochelle are at home, and the Top 14's lucrative TV deals dwarf rival leagues in both hemispheres. What's more, the Top 14 is only going to flex its pecs even more.\n\nCanal+ has secured the broadcast rights again from next season for both the Top 14 and Pro D2 until 2032, paying a whopping €696.8 million for the privilege. This equates to an annual payment of €128.7 million for the Top 14; a 13.3 per cent increase on the existing agreement. This is about double what the Super Rugby Pacific and the URC generate in TV income, and about 3½ the revenue of the Premiership.\n\nDespite the deal with a TV subscription service, the Top 14's reach in France is still far greater than that of other leagues in their countries, as selected matches in the Top 14, along with one match in each of the Champions Cup pool stages, are also screened on free-to-air France 2. So, in addition to the 80,000 people that, as usual, filled the Stade de France for last June's final between Toulouse and Montpellier, the game was watched by an estimated audience of 4.75 million.\n\nThe popularity is also reflected in the booming attendances in other matches. The average attendance for French Top 14 rugby matches reached a record 16,256 spectators per match during last season, a 10 per cent increase on the preceding three seasons.\n\nThe average attendance for matches in the Premiership, which has shrunk to just 11 clubs, was 14,769 spectators per match during the 2025/2026 season while the average in the more diverse URC - spread over five countries in two hemispheres - was 10,804 last season.\n\nThe greater wealth of the French clubs allows them to acquire some of the best talent in the world game to complement a golden era for domestic talent - which has been driven by the restrictions on overseas players and the requirement to play home-grown players in line with the Jiff ruling. This in turn has led to unprecedented dominance in the Champions Cup, with French clubs being crowned champions for the last six seasons in a row.\n\n[ What Irish rugby can learn from FranceOpens in new window ]\n\nThe Top 14 is a ferociously competitive, 26-match slog of a league, a fact that also makes it very fluid. Four of the top six from two seasons ago - Bordeaux-Bègles, Bayonne, Clermont and Castres - did not even make last season's play-offs and were instead replaced by Stade Français, Pau, Racing and La Rochelle.\n\nDespite retaining the Champions Cup, Bordeaux-Bègles missed out on the play-offs altogether for the first time in five years when letting slip a 24-7 lead at home to Clermont on a wildly unpredictable last day of the 26-match campaign.\n\nToulon, a top-four side in the previous two seasons, were so far off the pace that they finished ninth and didn't even qualify for this season's Champions Cup.\n\nMontpellier were champions four seasons ago, yet finished 11th, 13th and ninth in the ensuing three campaigns, and only avoided relegation by beating Grenoble 20-18 in the \"access match\" in 2023-24 thanks to a late Tommaso Allan penalty.\n\nYet, as Ulster can testify after their Challenge Cup final beating in Bilbao, Montpellier are back with a vengeance. Their low-key former hooker Joan Caudullo has brought stability and identity after years of volatility with head coaches and they also finished second domestically last season and reached the French championship final.\n\nYet amid such fierce competition, one thing has remained constant: Toulouse. Ugo Mola's side have won the coveted Bouclier de Brennus for the last four seasons in a row, equalling their own record from 1994 to 1997 and that of Stade Bordelais from 1904 to 1907.\n\nToulouse are thus seeking to become the first side to win the French championship five years in succession, and Mola has mastered the art of managing their big squad to ensure they finish the season fresher than their rivals. In addition to winning the last four titles, they topped the table in each of those campaigns, restricting their losses to between seven and nine matches each time.\n\nAs usual, they have not drastically changed their squad, and the departure of young centre Paul Costes to Racing and winger Dimitri Delibes to Montpellier has been offset by the signature signing of brilliant Italian centre Tommaso Menoncello from Benetton.\n\nTheir opening clash in the Sunday evening prime-time slot, away to Ronan O'Gara's La Rochelle, will be televised live on Premier Sports (kick-off 8pm Irish time). Premier Sports will have up to four games, live or deferred, from each of the 26 rounds as well as their highlights package. In this weekend's opening round, they will screen the meeting of Montpellier and Pau on Saturday (kick-off 6pm Irish time) followed by Bordeaux-Bègles hosting Racing 92 (kick-off 8.10pm Irish time).\n\nToulouse apart, a striking feature of the French season is how some teams suffer one game too many. Witness Bordeaux-Bègles losing the final to Toulouse by 59-3 three seasons ago after a huge effort to reach their first decider. Last season, six days after beating Pau 33-31 in a play-off, Racing hit a wall and Toulouse when losing 71-17 in Marseilles. It was a crueller watch than bullfighting.\n\nA similar fate befell O'Gara's team, after a run of six successive wins earned them sixth place, whereupon a week later they conceded four tries in the last quarter in losing 45-5 to Stade Français.\n\nAlthough out of contract at the end of the season, O'Gara and La Rochelle have started discussions about extending his stay at the club, which would rule him out of contention to succeed Leo Cullen at Leinster. He has sought to offset the enforced retirement of club legend Uini Atonio by acquiring Sione Ahio from the Chiefs.\n\nAnother intriguing signing is that of Ben Healy. The three-year segue to Edinburgh didn't really pay off for the 27-year-old product of Glenstal Abbey and former Ireland Under-20 outhalf, but that mighty kicking game could prove very profitable for both himself and La Rochelle.\n\nThere is much more to Healy than his kicking off the ground and out of hand, for he is an underrated playmaker and distributor. Healy is also a smart lad who can only benefit from the tutelage of the king of all Munster 10s.\n\nIt is a sign of the heightened intent of Bordeaux-Bègles and Toulon that they have made several notable signings, with Tom Willis rejoining UBB from Saracens, while the Scottish and Lions centre Huw Jones will add further X factor to the Toulon backline.\n\nThere is also Irish interest in keeping an eye on impending European opposition. Munster, who again travel to Bordeaux to renew acquaintances with UBB's attack coach from Clare, Noel McNamara, in round three in January, will fittingly host Racing 92 in the Simon Zebo Derby at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on October 17th in round one.\n\nConnacht will host Toulouse and travel to La Rochelle in January, and Leinster, in addition to hosting Pau that month, will begin their campaign away to Clermont, who are rebuilding their side around yet another brilliant French scrumhalf in 22-year-old Baptiste Jauneau, an Under-20 World Cup winner three years ago who is seen as Clermont's new Morgan Parra. What is it about the French and scrumhalves?\n\nBy contrast, the URC doesn't start for another three weeks. Hence, there will be little or no rugby for people to watch hereabout in September, historically a month of bounty. That means the French clubs will have played six matches compared with three for the Irish provinces, and thus be more battle hardened, by that opening weekend of European rugby.\n\nAs if they didn't have enough going for them.",
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