RTÉ News API endpoint
Returns the latest RTÉ News stories for one section. `section` is required and takes one of 29 slugs such as `ireland`, `world`, `politics`, `dublin`, `courts` or `nuacht` (Irish-language); others return a 400. Each item has its title, URL, summary, publication time and image. Small sections like `science` return only a handful of items.
/rte/headlinesQuery parameter: section is required and must be one of ireland, world, politics, business, regional, connacht, dublin, leinster, munster, ulster, middle-east, europe, uk, us, ukraine, a-european-perspective, nuacht, newslens, analysis-and-comment, investigations-unit, crime, courts, education, health, environment, science, technology, weather, or your-money. Any other value returns a 400 error.
| Field | Filled in, of 50 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 50 | median 54 characters |
| url | 50 | rte.ie |
| summary | 50 | median 159 characters |
| published_at | 50 | 2026-10-10 to 2026-10-13 |
| image_url | 50 | rte.ie |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | RTÉ News section slug Allowed values: ireland, world, politics, business, regional, connacht, dublin, leinster, munster, ulster, middle-east, europe, uk, us, ukraine, a-european-perspective, nuacht, newslens, analysis-and-comment, investigations-unit, crime, courts, education, health, environment, science, technology, weather, your-money. | ireland | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/rte/headlines?section=ireland" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "ireland",
"items": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0924/1592778-example-slug"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | newsplatform.HeadlinesResponse | No | ||||
| data.items | array | No | HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under RTÉ News top stories API. | |||
| data.section | string | No |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/rte/headlines?section=ireland" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"