In 2015, members of the Phil were asked by the President to collect copies of "The University Times" after the newspaper printed details of confidential correspondence that had been supplied to the newspaper in the understanding that it would not be referred to in an article. While "The University Times" subsequently agreed to withdraw the edition of the paper in question from circulation, "Trinity News" reported that members of council had discussed calling a motion to impeach the president as a result of the society's actions in collecting the newspapers. A motion of confidence in the president was later passed at a general meeting of the society. The incident was cited as one of the factors leading to Samuel Riggs, then the editor of "The University Times", agreeing to take a permanent leave of absence from his position.