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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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"title": "Invest in transport to help Ireland withstand global fuel shocks, says council",
"body": "Ireland needs to accelerate investment in public transport and EVs to reduce its emissions and its exposure to fossil fuel shocks, the Climate Change Advisory Council has said.\n\nThe independent climate advisory body also said that the Government's emergency measures for fuel price increases were not \"sufficiently targeted\", and welcomed the incentive for the purchase of new electric vehicles.\n\nTransport is Ireland's largest source of energy demand, making up 42% of its energy demand and 22% of national emissions.\n\nIn the transport chapter of its Annual Review 2026, published on Wednesday, the council said Ireland must reduce the risk of it exceeding its emissions ceiling by speeding up investment in public transport, active travel, electric vehicle charging infrastructure and the grid capacity needed to support cleaner transport.\n\nIt recommended that the Government introduce targeted supports within the transport sector for those most exposed and least able to avoid fuel costs, while maintaining planned carbon tax increases and continuing to ring-fence revenues for climate action.\n\nThe Government announced it would to postpone an increase in the carbon tax until the Budget in October, at a cost of 22 million euros, as part of over 750 million euro in supports to help with rising energy costs due to the war in Iran.\n\nFuel protests took place in April over rising prices, which saw cities, streets and motorways across Ireland clogged up and blockades of Ireland's only oil refinery in Co Cork.\n\nThis prompted some panic buying at forecourts, hundreds of which ran dry, and after blockades were lifted in Dublin in a late-night policing operation almost a week after they began, the government unveiled half a million euro worth of measures to help with the rising cost of fuel.\n\nThe measures included a reduction in excise duty on petrol, diesel and green diesel until the end of July, and further reducing minimum oil taxes by 10 cent per lire on petrol 10 cent per litre on diesel, and 2.4 cent per litre on green diesel.\n\n\"Fossil fuel shocks are not one-off events,\" said chairperson of the Climate Change Advisory Council Alex White.\n\n\"As long as Ireland remains heavily dependent on petrol and diesel for transport, people, businesses and public services will remain exposed to global price volatility and geopolitical crises.\n\n\"The way to reduce that exposure is to give people real alternatives.\n\n\"That means sustained investment in public transport, a charging network people can rely on, and the grid capacity needed to support the switch to electric across cars, buses and commercial fleets.\n\n\"This transition also has to be fair. Supports should be targeted at those most exposed to transport fuel costs, particularly people on lower incomes and those who are car-dependent because they do not have access to practical alternatives.\n\n\"The Government has set the right ambition to end Ireland's reliance on fossil fuels, the test now is delivery.\"\n\nThe Council also warned that Ireland's transport network must be made more resilient to extreme weather.\n\nIt said Storm Chandra and prolonged rainfall in early 2026 exposed the vulnerability of road and rail infrastructure, underlining the need for climate risk to be built into transport planning, investment and design standards.\n\nThe council is also calling for the updated National Ports Policy to be finalised and published, for greater investment in climate-resilient regional and local roads, and for vulnerable sections of the rail network to be assessed and climate-proofed.\n\nIt also called for targeted measures to increase EV uptake among lower-income households, particularly in areas with limited access to public transport and high car dependency.\n\nThe acceleration of the expansion of EV charging infrastructure, including the real time mapping of EV charging points to give people and businesses confidence in the alternatives to fossil fuel use, was also recommended.\n\nPublicly accessible charging infrastructure in Ireland remains well below the EU average.",
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"url": "https://www.tipperarylive.ie/national/invest-in-transport-to-help-ireland-withstand-global-fuel-shocks-says-council-8744931",
"title": "Invest in transport to help Ireland withstand global fuel shocks, says council",
"body": "Ireland needs to accelerate investment in public transport and EVs to reduce its emissions and its exposure to fossil fuel shocks, the Climate Change Advisory Council has said.\n\nThe independent climate advisory body also said that the Government's emergency measures for fuel price increases were not \"sufficiently targeted\", and welcomed the incentive for the purchase of new electric vehicles.\n\nTransport is Ireland's largest source of energy demand, making up 42% of its energy demand and 22% of national emissions.\n\nIn the transport chapter of its Annual Review 2026, published on Wednesday, the council said Ireland must reduce the risk of it exceeding its emissions ceiling by speeding up investment in public transport, active travel, electric vehicle charging infrastructure and the grid capacity needed to support cleaner transport.\n\nIt recommended that the Government introduce targeted supports within the transport sector for those most exposed and least able to avoid fuel costs, while maintaining planned carbon tax increases and continuing to ring-fence revenues for climate action.\n\nThe Government announced it would to postpone an increase in the carbon tax until the Budget in October, at a cost of 22 million euros, as part of over 750 million euro in supports to help with rising energy costs due to the war in Iran.\n\nFuel protests took place in April over rising prices, which saw cities, streets and motorways across Ireland clogged up and blockades of Ireland's only oil refinery in Co Cork.\n\nThis prompted some panic buying at forecourts, hundreds of which ran dry, and after blockades were lifted in Dublin in a late-night policing operation almost a week after they began, the government unveiled half a million euro worth of measures to help with the rising cost of fuel.\n\nThe measures included a reduction in excise duty on petrol, diesel and green diesel until the end of July, and further reducing minimum oil taxes by 10 cent per lire on petrol 10 cent per litre on diesel, and 2.4 cent per litre on green diesel.\n\n\"Fossil fuel shocks are not one-off events,\" said chairperson of the Climate Change Advisory Council Alex White.\n\n\"As long as Ireland remains heavily dependent on petrol and diesel for transport, people, businesses and public services will remain exposed to global price volatility and geopolitical crises.\n\n\"The way to reduce that exposure is to give people real alternatives.\n\n\"That means sustained investment in public transport, a charging network people can rely on, and the grid capacity needed to support the switch to electric across cars, buses and commercial fleets.\n\n\"This transition also has to be fair. Supports should be targeted at those most exposed to transport fuel costs, particularly people on lower incomes and those who are car-dependent because they do not have access to practical alternatives.\n\n\"The Government has set the right ambition to end Ireland's reliance on fossil fuels, the test now is delivery.\"\n\nThe Council also warned that Ireland's transport network must be made more resilient to extreme weather.\n\nIt said Storm Chandra and prolonged rainfall in early 2026 exposed the vulnerability of road and rail infrastructure, underlining the need for climate risk to be built into transport planning, investment and design standards.\n\nThe council is also calling for the updated National Ports Policy to be finalised and published, for greater investment in climate-resilient regional and local roads, and for vulnerable sections of the rail network to be assessed and climate-proofed.\n\nIt also called for targeted measures to increase EV uptake among lower-income households, particularly in areas with limited access to public transport and high car dependency.\n\nThe acceleration of the expansion of EV charging infrastructure, including the real time mapping of EV charging points to give people and businesses confidence in the alternatives to fossil fuel use, was also recommended.\n\nPublicly accessible charging infrastructure in Ireland remains well below the EU average.",
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"url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/makerfield-byelection-irish-community-7072441-Jun2026/",
"title": "Members of Britain's oldest Irish club weigh in on vote that could spell end for Keir Starmer",
"body": "The Brian Boru club has been on the go since the 1880s in Ashton-in-Makerfield.\n\nEoghan Dalton Reports from Makerfield\n\nIN ITS ALMOST 140-year history, the Brian Boru Club has been the focal point for members of the Irish emigrant community who came over to Ashton in north-west England for work and a better life.\n\nIt's been the setting for snooker tournaments, tug-of-war contests, and was even once raided by police for illegal drinking in the 1930s - now it provides a far less illicit environment via Irish language lessons and bingo.\n\nHusband and wife Tom and Helen Moran are the current stewards of what is considered to be the oldest Irish club in the country, having taken over the running of the non-profit in the past decade. The club runs a busy schedule of events - both in the morning and the evening - regularly attracting up to 70 people.\n\nMoran's own father came from Athenry, Co Galway, and his connection with the Brian Boru goes back half a century:\n\n\"I started Irish music lessons here when I was 10 so I've a long affiliation with the club.\"\n\nThe Journal / YouTube\n\nIn the years following the Famine, Irish people immigrated to the likes of Ashton, as the town sat in between key industrial hubs like Manchester, Liverpool and Wigan.\n\n\"They were massive areas for mining, cotton mills and glassmaking,\" Moran told The Journal when we visited the centre this week ahead of a crucial vote in the wider constituency.\n\nThe centre, named after the famed Irish leader who saw off Vikings at Clontarf, recently welcomed the man dubbed the 'King in the North', Labour's Andy Burnham, who is standing for election as a local MP this week.\n\nIf Burnham wins this Thursday's vote and sees off Nigel Farrage's Reform, then he is expected to quickly mount a leadership challenge against party leader and prime minister Keir Starmer.\n\nBurnham is running on his record as Mayor of Greater Manchester, an office he took up in 2017 after leaving Westminster politics behind, and it's a role that several people at this week's bingo draw cited when explaining their own affection for Burnham.\n\nThe Journal spent 48 hours in the constituency at the start of this week, in the final few days before the byelection vote, and we'll hear more from the other parties tomorrow.\n\nDuring our time in the Brian Boru, it wasn't long until photos from Burnham's recent visit were produced.\n\nSeveral people had their own photo taken with Burnham and printed out as a keepsake of the day. Burnham himself continued the time honoured tradition of a politician pouring a pint of Guinness during the visit.\n\nAndy Burnham from a campaign video capturing a critical part of his visit to the Brian Boru this month while he was canvassing for votes. Andy Burnham Facebook Andy Burnham Facebook\n\nAnyone who was more hesitant about offering him support said they would likely still back him this week anyway, on the basis that he \"seems like a genuine northerner,\" as one man explained to us.\n\nBefore another word could be said, another man whipped out his photo with the mayor and would-be MP.\n\nSteve and Christine were among those proudly displaying their photos from Andy Burnham's recent visit to the Brian Boru in Ashton-in-Makerfield. 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