During the following season, DIT took part in the EHF challenge cup, and in doing so, became the first Irish handball club to compete in a European competition.
From the start of the 2008/09 campaign to the final of the 2012/13, the club remained unbeaten[3][better source needed] in all Irish competitions and recorded 4 successive national championships.
The unbeaten run came to an end in the all-Ireland final of the 2012/13 season, where Astra Handball Club clinched the Irish championship by winning 35-31 after extra time.
Also in 2009, Dublin International Handball Club organize the first, and so far only, Anglo Irish cup against london great dane, the English team won the trophy after an intense match 32-35.
The 2013/2014 season saw the men's team bounce back and regain their title after another close final against Astra Handball Club.