Search
06 Sept 2025
Search
06 Sept 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Scotsman's Bar, Donegal Town. PHOTO: Siobhan McNamara
A planning application has been submitted which, if successful, would see the Scotsman’s Bar in Donegal Town completely transformed into a retail shop, café and apartments.
The application was made by Michael John Gavigan for the Bridge Street premises which has been closed for some time, having briefly reopened in 2019.
Details of the application are: “Change of use from licenced bar / lounge to retail shop and coffee shop at ground floor level and provision of skylights and roof lights at roof level and external terrace to the rear elevation.
It also includes change of use of first and second floor living accommodation to two one-bedroom apartments, as well as the construction of a flat roof extension to the rear at first and second floor levels to provide a stairwell and balconies to the apartments.
Elevation changes and provision of a new shopfront and entrance and all associated site development works are also included in the planning application.
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
