{"id":305279,"date":"2026-02-19T02:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T02:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/305279\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T02:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T02:12:08","slug":"green-light-for-new-hardware-store-at-former-twin-towns-fuel-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/305279\/","title":{"rendered":"Green light for new hardware store at former Twin Towns fuel station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Main pic: The former TSA Tyre Centre and Barnes View filling station, Ballybofey.<\/p>\n<p>Planning permission has been granted for a new hardware store at the former Barnes View Filling Station and TSA Tyre Centre in Ballybofey.<\/p>\n<p>The premises was bought last June by Paddy Gallen of Glenside Stores Ltd, a hardware and building supplies business based on the Glenfin Road.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Donegal County Council gave the go-ahead for the development to the rear of the TSA premises on the Donegal Road. There were no objections lodged against the application.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed development will consist of the construction of a 558.2 sq.m (6,000 sq.ft) warehouse and store, ancillary to the existing retail and commercial premises located on the site. It will also include an accessible storage yard with a vehicle turning area and parking provision.<\/p>\n<p>Last June, the new owner<a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/2025\/06\/09\/new-owner-has-big-plans-for-one-of-donegals-best-known-service-stations-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> told Donegal Daily<\/a> the fuel pumps would reopen in the not-too-distant future. The spacious 2.63 acre site includes 1.56 acres of undeveloped zoned land to the rear.<\/p>\n<p>Established in 1980, the filling station and tyre centre were jointly owned by popular local man, Pat Maguire, who passed away in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Green light for new hardware store at former Twin Towns fuel station was last modified:  February 18th, 2026 by Staff Writer<\/p>\n<p>      Tags:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Main pic: The former TSA Tyre Centre and Barnes View filling station, Ballybofey. Planning permission has been granted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[143895,72,11243,143896,61,60,143897],"class_list":["post-305279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-ballybofey-hardware-store-plans","tag-business","tag-donegal-news","tag-glenside-stores-ballybofey","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tsa-ballybofey-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}