Burtonport’s The Cope supermarket up for sale in online action

The former Burtonport Welcome Centre, also known as The Cope, has been put up for sale via online auction, with a guide price of €100,000. 

Campbells Auctioneers are facilitating the sale via the iamsold.ie bidding platform.

Advertised as a commercial property, with over 350 square metres of retail space, the property boasts a newly installed PVC roof, which comes with a 20-year warranty from 2024, and a recently installed commercial shop-line aluminium double-glazed windows and doors. 

In August 2025, the property was subject to two planning permission applications to Donegal County Council, for a development that will consist of the conversion of the former commercial building into three domestic dwellings, along with associated site works, and connection to existing services.

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The first planning application submitted was ruled as an incomplete application, but the application was resubmitted a fortnight later by the listed applicant, PJ O’Boyle.

At the site on the R260 road, the planned development would have two two-bedroom apartments and a one-bedroom apartment. 

Donegal County Council had set a decision due date for the planning application for October 16.

The property had also been put on sale in 2022, with a €70,000 price tag.