Popular Tullamore pub gets green light for big extension into adjoining retail unit

A popular Tullamore pub has been given the green light for a major expansion into an adjoining retail unit.

Digan's Pub on William Street in Tullamore has been given the go ahead for the works by Offaly County Council.

The plans are for the extension of the public house which will comprise of a change of use of the ground floor of the adjoining retail unit to public house. 

The plans also include an extension to the public house at the rear and the ground floor and the provision of an apartment unit on the first floor. 

Offaly County Council has granted permission with 11 conditions attached. 

Among the conditions is one that states that the proposed studio apartment shall be used as single residential unit and cannot be subdivided into individual residential units.