Every article Extra.ie publishes, as JSON, through an open API with
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What this outlet covers, by share of its recent output:
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A live request. Paste it into a terminal and Extra.ie headlines come back as JSON.
Articles per day over the last 90 days. The busiest hour is 13:00 UTC — that is when the newsroom pushes its main batch.
The 30 hatched days are gaps in the upstream news archive, not quiet days at Extra.ie: the whole corpus dips on those dates. They are excluded from the median above.
Cork Airport have issued a warning as Storm Austen hits part of the country on Thursday night and Friday morning. The first named storm of the season is set to hit the co
New research carried out by the Road Safety Authority has revealed 22% of pedestrians killed on Irish roads were crossing the road at the time of the collision. The state
Wedding bells are ringing in the horse-racing industry as well-known trainer Gordon Elliot is engaged to his long-term love. Elliot has been in a relationship with Kate H
Arnotts has called for social welfare payments to stop being paid out at Dublin’s GPO as part of efforts to tackle anti-social behaviour in the city centre. According to
Storm Austen is on its way, and the country is getting set for intense levels of rainfall, which are expected to prompt floods across the country. The first named storm o
Gardai have arrested a man in his 20s as part of the murder investigation into the fatal house fire in Waterford city last week. Philip and Kim English and two of their s
Leo Cullen has shocked just about everyone in rugby as he has named Dan Sheehan to start at No. 8 for Leinster against Munster this weekend. The 28-year-old is of course
Forget swiping. Presenter Darren Kennedy is helping gay men find love the old-fashioned way, as creator, executive producer and host of new dating show Heyy Gay! The conc
Passengers of a domestic flight recently played out the plot of a legendary film as they literally found a snake on their plane. A passenger plane descended into chaos af
A man has died after a freak accident during a visit to his father’s graveside. The man stopped at the final resting place of his father before he was set to attend the b
Como manager, Cesc Fabregas has revealed the one regret he had during his side’s 4-1 win over Man United in the Champions League. On a rain-soaked evening by the famous L
Siobhán McSweeney has said she ‘can’t wait to hear and taste it all’ as her latest career venture was confirmed on Thursday. Previously best known for her role as Sister
Donald Trump confronted a ‘sick’ journalist after he was asked about a new tip line as well as a golf course. Mr Trump has been known for his attacks and outbursts at the
Mary Lou McDonald, Paul Murphy, and others have criticised the potential removal of the triple lock. A vote took place in the Dáil last night to remove the triple lock on
A plane passenger who ‘stabbed’ her neighbour with an earring in her sleeve explained she did it for more personal space. Of course, planes aren’t exactly the most comfor
Dame Judi Dench has left fans devastated after revealing that she will no longer be acting either on stage or screen due to a health condition. The legendary actress anno
There are now fears that even more websites could be at risk due to a ‘critical flaw’ in cybersecurity that has already seen millions of attempted cyberattacks. Major web
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YYYY-MM-DD or relative values such as now-7d.
Not a public one. This endpoint is the practical alternative: their articles as
structured JSON, with title, lead, publication time, section, byline and a link back to
the original.
How do I get their RSS feed?
Most publishers expose one at /rss or /feed, but feeds carry
only the last few dozen items and drop them within hours. This index keeps 2,866 of
their articles and lets you filter by date, language and section.
How many articles does Extra.ie publish per day?
33 on a median day, measured across 90 days.
Can I use this commercially?
The API is free and unauthenticated. What you may do with the content is between you
and the publisher: we return metadata, a lead paragraph and a link, not a licence.
