Ultimately however, the student newspaper would outlast its national weekly counterpart with the Sunday Tribune having ceased publication in 2011.

[citation needed] The print edition is circulated at the university's Belfield and Blackrock campuses fortnightly during semesters one and two each year.

Previous editors who have gone on to make careers for themselves include Richard Oakley – editor of The Times Ireland, Conor Lally – crime correspondent for The Irish Times, Daniel McDonnell – soccer correspondent for the Irish Independent, Roddy O'Sullivan – deputy news editor of The Irish Times, Eamon Dillon – crime journalist with theSunday World, Jennifer Bray – political correspondent for the Irish Daily Mail, Sarah Binchy – radio producer at RTÉ Radio, Alan Caufield, editor of Metro, Colin Gleeson and Peter McGuire – freelance journalists, and brothers Gary and Fergus O'Shea, both now with The Sun.

[citation needed] Other past contributors include Kate Hayes – TV producer for the BBC, Dave Kelly – chief sports analyst for the Irish Independent, Ruaidhri O'Connor – Rugby correspondent with the Irish Independent, Paul Lynch – author of Red Sky in Morning, Katherine Smyth – associate producer with BBC Current Affairs, Blathnaid Healy - formerly UK editor at Mashable and now EMEA Director at CNN Digital International,[2] and Donie O'Sullivan, CNN Reporter in New York.

[citation needed] 2003 saw Tribune stalwart Peter Lahiff win Diversity Writer of the Year at the Guardian Student Media Awards.

[citation needed] In 2016/17 the paper won the Student Media "Newspaper of the Year" award, after breaking several investigative stories in the Tribune and the national media, including a front-page story in the Irish Times on the €3 million budget overrun of the Chinese Confucius Centre on campus.