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COURIER OPINION: Watchdog rebukes for Dundee and Fife authorities are victory for scrutiny

Transparency is vital in public institutions and The Courier is proud to fight for our readers on this front.

01.06.2025 9

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COURIER OPINION: Who is taking responsibility for Swallow Roundabout chaos?

'There are now three pressing questions that demand immediate answers.'

17.05.2025 10

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COURIER OPINION: UHI Perth College must ask difficult questions about its future

The state of Scotland's college sector reveals an urgent need for the government to look again at how they are funded.

10.05.2025 4

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COURIER OPINION: Crisis at Dundee University is far from over

The Courier will continue to ask hard questions and fight the future of the university and the city.

03.05.2025 10

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COURIER OPINION: Swallow Roundabout chaos could have been prevented

The warning signs more than a decade ago should have been listened to.

27.04.2025 10

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COURIER OPINION: Swallow Roundabout chaos could have been prevented

The warning signs more than a decade ago should have been listened to.

26.04.2025 4

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COURIER OPINION: Fife boy has no time to lose to NHS officialdom – SNP health chief must step in

We revealed this week how a Dunfermline family was considering a move to the US after the NHS refused to provide a life-prolonging drug for their...

12.04.2025 20

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COURIER OPINION: Donaldson family must be given answers on Angus killer Tasmin Glass

The parents of murder victim Steven Donaldson have not been told why Glass was returned to prison.

05.04.2025 1

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COURIER OPINION: All Dundee University chiefs owe staff answers – even if it means uncomfortable questions

Two senior managers at the institution - including ex-principal Iain Gillespie - have turned down requests to be grilled by MSPs.

29.03.2025 20

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COURIER OPINION: All levels of government must help solve Dundee Raac crisis

Close to 900 homes in the city have been confirmed to contain the defective concrete with more people affected in Monifieth.

22.03.2025 8

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COURIER OPINION: SNP response to Dundee University crisis has been utterly inadequate

The Dundee University meltdown is a direct consequence of SNP policy – why are ministers pretending it has nothing to do with them?

13.03.2025 3

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COURIER OPINION: We will challenge NHS Fife secrecy over Sandie Peggie legal bill

The Courier will not take sides on the contentious disagreement between NHS Fife and Sandie Peggie - but we will fight against secrecy and ask the...

08.03.2025 10

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COURIER OPINION: Huge council tax hikes must stop cuts and improve Tayside, Fife and Stirling

First Minister John Swinney said the mammoth rises would not be needed - but his words appear to have been ignored.

01.03.2025 10

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COURIER OPINION: Scottish Labour’s NHS plan as controversial as it is radical

The party say their plan would slash bureaucracy and cut the number of “pen pushers”.

24.02.2025 10

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COURIER OPINION: ‘Say NO to Thimblerow’ – Perth needs a better leisure centre than the current plan

The hugely unpopular proposal to build the long-awaited PH2O without a dedicated leisure pool will come before councillors again on Wednesday.

22.02.2025 10

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COURIER OPINION: Axing Dundee University ‘crown jewel’ shows nothing is off limits

The Leverhulme centre symbolised the the University of Dundee's ambition — a world leader in academic excellence, an institution at the forefront of...

14.02.2025 3

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COURIER OPINION: Parole reforms need to be included in new victims bill

Victims and survivors from across Tayside and Fife have been calling for changes to the system.

08.02.2025 10

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COURIER OPINION: Crisis-hit Dundee principal’s next steps will matter beyond university’s walls

Professor Shane O'Neill will shortly set out his recovery plan. The city is banking on the university thriving.

01.02.2025 10

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COURIER OPINION: Perth’s Knife Angel should be catalyst for national conversation

A torchlit send off for the 27ft statue was attended by the families of stabbing victims in the Fair City on Friday evening.

11.01.2025 10

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COURIER OPINION: The good and bad of 2024 across Tayside, Stirling and Fife

It’s been a turbulent year throughout Courier Country this 2024 – and that’s not just down to the never-ending number of named storms we seem to...

28.12.2024 3

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COURIER OPINION: Dundee University leadership leave staff and city in the lurch

Staff at the University of Dundee are rightly furious at the failure of leadership displayed at the very top of the institution. They face a...

07.12.2024 4

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COURIER OPINION: Dundee council must get real over ‘inaccurate’ school violence figures

Violence and abuse are a growing and serious problem in Scotland’s schools. It is an issue that both pupils and staff deserve to know that we treat...

16.11.2024 10

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COURIER OPINON: Much to celebrate in our economy at this year’s Courier Business Awards

There’s no doubt businesses operating in Tayside and Fife have had a lot to contend with in the past few years. Covid, an energy crisis, Brexit...

26.10.2024 5

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COURIER OPINION: People of Brechin have been forgotten in aftermath of Storm Babet

It has become the land that time forgot. Last October, Storm Babet caused widespread devastation across Angus and wider Tayside. People lost their...

19.10.2024 4

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COURIER OPINION: Scots pensioners left vulnerable by Winter Fuel Payment cut

Falling temperatures across Scotland have focussed attention on how at-risk pensioners could be impacted by cuts to the Winter Fuel Payment. Rather...

12.10.2024 10

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COURIER OPINION: Dundee by-election results show voters sceptical of Labour and Keir Starmer

It took 17 years in power before the SNP suffered a true electoral setback in July’s general election. In contrast, it has taken voters in Dundee...

05.10.2024 3

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COURIER OPINION: Dickensian nightmare of Dundee’s Strathmartine Centre forewarns winter of despair

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. For patients at the rodent-infested Strathmartine Centre it was almost certainly the latter. A...

21.09.2024 3

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COURIER OPINION: Scotland changed forever in September 2014

It has been 10 years since Scots flocked to the polls to deliver an historic verdict that changed the country forever. It was a unique moment. No...

14.09.2024 1

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COURIER OPINION: Institutions that let Eljamel off the hook need to up their game

The public inquiry into the Eljamel surgery scandal was ordered exactly one year ago after a hard-fought campaign. Since then, The Courier has...

07.09.2024 3

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COURIER OPINION: Rail fare hikes while Tayside and Fife suffer from train schedule shambles is a joke too far

ScotRail was brought under Scottish Government control on April Fools’ Day 2022. It has taken a little over two years, but the joke has finally...

24.08.2024 1

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COURIER OPINION: Online disinformation spread through social media puts our communities at risk

Fake news – a term popularised by a man whose relationship with the truth is tenuous at best. Donald Trump spent years whipping up a storm against...

17.08.2024 1

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COURIER OPINION: Tasmin Glass case shows parole review must put transparency and accountably first

Trust can only be built through transparency. That is what the Scottish Government and the Parole Board must remember with a review of the parole...

03.08.2024 20

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COURIER OPINION: Justice has not been served as Angus killer Tasmin Glass walks free on parole

Justice has not been served. That is the only conclusion one can make as Angus killer Tasmin Glass walks free from prison having served just half...

27.07.2024 2

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