It is an independent newspaper, funded by Trinity Publications, which reports on the news and views of the students and staff of Dublin University, and the broader Irish higher education sector.

[citation needed] Trinity News was founded by Anthony J. Bolchover, who also served as the chairperson, later known as Editor, for that year.

[citation needed] In addition to advertising revenue, Trinity News is funded in part by a grant from the Dublin University Publications Committee, but the newspaper has full editorial independence.

The newspaper also broke several stories which provoked discussion on campus, including the College Historical Society's decision to award MEP Nigel Farage a gold medal for Outstanding Contribution to Public Discourse, the accidental withdrawal of a student from the university due to administrative errors, and the fining of Students for Justice in Palestine following their protest of a planned talk by the Israeli Ambassador to Ireland, Zeev Boker.

[citation needed] The newspaper has revealed information that provoked controversy and discussion within the college in previous years also.

Trinity News journalists have written for national publications such as The Irish Times, The Guardian, BBC, Dublin Inquirer, Jacobin Magazine, RTÉ, the Irish Independent, the UK Independent, the Financial Times, The Sunday Business Post, Buzzfeed, The Phoenix, Newstalk, Storyful and TheJournal.ie.