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Steve Finan

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STEVE FINAN: Bell Street car park transformation is reminder cars are lifeblood of Dundee

"The fact is Dundee needs better roads, not bike paths."

12.12.2025 6

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STEVE FINAN: I’m astounded by actions of Dundee councillors over Ninewells NICU downgrade plans

"They stood in line and did what they were told."

04.12.2025 5

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STEVE FINAN: Like Dundee, Methil does not need active travel and protesters have my support

"Unless there are thousands of cycle-commuters, all we’ve done is create multi-million-pound playgrounds for a bike spin on a sunny day."

27.11.2025 4

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STEVE FINAN: Dundee can’t support three indoor shopping centres – so let’s combine two

"I freely admit that it might not work. But it’s worth considering. It’s worth discussing."

20.11.2025 8

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STEVE FINAN: Scrapping city centre ambassadors is latest sign of Dundee’s decline

"There’s no point bringing tourists in if they fear for their lives when they get here."

12.11.2025 5

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STEVE FINAN: Why new Dundee tourism plan won’t work

"It smells of being cut-and-pasted from somewhere else, with mentions of Dundee shoehorned in."

06.11.2025 4

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STEVE FINAN: Why new Dundee tourism plan won’t work

"It smells of being cut-and-pasted from somewhere else, with mentions of Dundee shoehorned in."

05.11.2025 5

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STEVE FINAN: My workable answer to threat of downgrading Ninewells NICU

"To find the answer, all you have to do is think 'Dundee first'."

30.10.2025 7

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STEVE FINAN: Personal insults won’t silence me over cycle paths in Dundee

"I welcome opposing argument, however, I won’t be told I’m not allowed an opinion."

09.10.2025 50

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STEVE FINAN: I’m proud to support Dundee business that could be damaged by active travel route

"This active travel route isn’t just a bad idea – it’s a bad idea that hasn’t been thought through properly."

02.10.2025 4

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STEVE FINAN: Don’t just expand Dundee, merge city council with Angus

"To merge Dundee and Angus would mean just one chief executive."

24.09.2025 2

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STEVE FINAN: Don’t just expand Dundee, merge city council with Angus

"To merge Dundee and Angus would mean just one chief executive."

24.09.2025 5

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STEVE FINAN: My fact-finding Dundee active travel mission

'There is no logic in building more active travel routes until there is a proven huge increase in demand.'

18.09.2025 30

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STEVE FINAN: Dundee councillors must ignore gag or lose seats

"When the “gagged councillors” story broke, the first thing I thought was – spit out the gag, defy this threat!"

10.09.2025 6

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STEVE FINAN: I’m proud to have a car brain – Dundee’s latest cycle path plan won’t change my mind

"We spend a disproportionate amount of a limited travel budget on a type of travel that isn’t the most pressing need."

03.09.2025 10

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STEVE FINAN: Arbroath active travel scheme will be example of how to ruin a town

"Making the approaches to Arbroath High Street hostile to cars, while simultaneously opening a car-friendly out-of-town retail park, is suicidal town...

27.08.2025 6

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STEVE FINAN: Dundee and United are two of our greatest assets – why does council treat them so poorly?

'Dundee City Council treats two of our greatest assets like dog dirt on their shoes.'

21.08.2025 10

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STEVE FINAN: Closing Balmossie Fire Station would put money above lives

"Isn’t it a fact that with continuing development to the east of Dundee, the need for a station at Balmossie rises with every house that goes up?"

14.08.2025 5

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STEVE FINAN: Latest Dundee FC stadium decision delay is inexcusable

Dundee FC should have been getting positive news on their new stadium next week, if their planning permission in principle application was being...

08.08.2025 5

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STEVE FINAN: Latest Dundee FC stadium decision delay is inexcusable

"Doing something unheard of in local government politics is the only tool that has a hope of prising these arrogant council officers out of their...

07.08.2025 7

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STEVE FINAN: Why I think Dundee’s two-tier policing system for Travellers is unfair

"If anyone is breaking the law then it is justified and reasonable to stop them in the act – whoever they are, wherever they are."

31.07.2025 10

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STEVE FINAN: Has Dundee council chief’s past caught up with him?

No one has forgotten that you claimed 'refurbishments' and 'repairs' at the Olympia were entirely different things.

25.07.2025 4

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STEVE FINAN: Why is it costing incredible amount of money to build new Dundee Blackness Road flats?

'A constituent-focused councillor would be tackling this head on.'

10.07.2025 10

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STEVE FINAN: Dundee lights saga another example of council keeping residents in the dark

Flat owners in Menzieshill were stonewalled by the local authority when billed upwards of £1.5k for new lights.

02.07.2025 3

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STEVE FINAN: Dundee City Council chief executive should resign, which councillors agree?

"You don’t owe me explanations. You owe them to the people who elected you."

25.06.2025 5

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STEVE FINAN: Why is decision on new Dundee FC stadium taking so long?

'Why can’t a special meeting of the planning committee be convened now instead of waiting until August?'

19.06.2025 10

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STEVE FINAN: Dundee homeowners deserve better than Raac fiasco

"I don’t believe anyone should be left with faulty goods through no fault of their own."

04.06.2025 6

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STEVE FINAN: Council chief must resign over Olympia secrecy – and why I may stand as an independent councillor

'It’s got so bad, I’m thinking of standing...'

29.05.2025 8

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STEVE FINAN: Why Dundee SNP councillors are playing into Reform’s hands

"If you lose to Reform by the simple tactic of talking about local issues people care about, you will have contributed to your own downfall."

14.05.2025 10

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STEVE FINAN: Council spin hides truth of Caird Park golf course closure shambles

'Have you ever read such twaddle?'

08.05.2025 30

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STEVE FINAN: Why Dundee needs the bypass it was promised

'The Berlin Wall was easier to get round than the Swallow Roundabout.'

01.05.2025 10

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STEVE FINAN: Angus Council chaos isn’t finished – as Dundee whispers continue

'Don’t vote for a robot who can only do what their party allows and only think what their party tells them to think.'

27.04.2025 10

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STEVE FINAN: If SNP want people to be active, why close Caird Park Golf Course?

"Your party encourages people to be active. Are you defying that policy?"

17.04.2025 5

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STEVE FINAN: Road row is savage blow that could kill new Dundee FC stadium

"The only not-entirely-disastrous outcome of all this is that Dens Park might now be redeveloped."

10.04.2025 6

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STEVE FINAN: Road row is savage blow that could kill new Dundee FC stadium

"The only not-entirely-disastrous outcome of all this is that Dens Park might now be redeveloped."

10.04.2025 5

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STEVE FINAN: How I expect local leaders to respond to Dundee Raac crisis

'Safe homes in Dundee and an equitable outcome for Dundonians is more important than you being chummy at party conference time.'

20.03.2025 40

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STEVE FINAN: Silence ultras at Dundee derby to bring back proper noise

"Ultras would squeal for mummy if subjected to what old Shed and Derry boys experienced when a much-desired goal went in."

12.03.2025 8

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STEVE FINAN: What have Dundee councillors done to earn pay rise?

'An above-average pay award must be the result of above-average performance.'

27.02.2025 10

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STEVE FINAN: Dundee councillors must be as vocal about East End Campus negatives as positives

Dundee City Council will hail East End Campus as a new jewel in the city's crown, but they must be as vocal about the bad news, like the loss of...

19.02.2025 6

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STEVE FINAN: Will Magdalen Green footbridge even connect active travel in Dundee?

Residents were presented with a solution, but never consulted on what problem this new bridge is trying to solve.

15.02.2025 10

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STEVE FINAN: Council chief demeaned himself and job title with Dundee Olympia response

'Do you really think anyone is impressed by that?'

06.02.2025 9

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STEVE FINAN: Dens Park is part of Scotland’s real history – it deserves better preservation

Our columnist asks why the National Trust for Scotland is seemingly only interested in preserving the heritage of the elites - and the NTfS has...

30.01.2025 9

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STEVE FINAN: Free youth bus travel has created thugs on tour culture in Dundee

"I heard of a bingo player continually squirted with a water pistol on a bus, who was so frightened she got off several stops early."

22.01.2025 4

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STEVE FINAN: My radical solution to council bureaucracy and tribalism in Dundee

One reform that might help is to ban political parties. Give us independents only.

16.01.2025 10

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STEVE FINAN: My open letter to Broughty Ferry residents about your castle

'People might not agree with what you’ve done, but at least they’ll understand why you did it.'

12.01.2025 20

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STEVE FINAN: My Dundee Sunday Welfare League memories 40 years on

It’s 2025 – exactly 40 years since the formation of my old football team Bank Street Albion, who played in the Dundee Sunday Welfare League. I’d...

02.01.2025 10

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STEVE FINAN: My verdict on Mark Flynn’s Caird Park comments – and what council leader appears to have forgotten

You’re kidding, Mark Flynn. Your response to the Cairdy golf disaster is to suggest a private outfit runs it. “If anyone is interested in doing...

12.12.2024 10

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STEVE FINAN: What I learned from watching council meeting that sealed fate of Caird Park golf course

Cairdy golf hasn’t had a fair rub of the green. I’ll tell you exactly why. Responsibility for municipal courses was transferred from Dundee City...

05.12.2024 4

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STEVE FINAN: Dundee councillor deserves credit for publicly backing Dark Blues’ Riverside training ground

Having last week criticised Dundee councillors as fearties who never express opinions, I must give credit where it is due and praise councillor...

20.11.2024 6

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STEVE FINAN: Dundee deserves better than a council full of fearties

A couple of days ago we passed the midway point in the five-year cycle of local council elections. What might Dundee City Council’s half-term...

13.11.2024 4

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