July: A summer like no other, but some semblance of normality resumed
Look back over 2020
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July brought welcome news to the North Kilkenny community of Muckalee, with plans unveiled for a new community centre that will transform the area.
Planning permission was granted for the extension of the building, which is to incorporate a shop and café and major internal refurbishment to upgrade the building.
Kilkenny Green Party TD Malcolm Noonan was appointed as Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform in the Department of Housing.
Tributes were paid to the Kilkenny garda chief superintendent Dominic Hayes, who retired from office that month. The Tipperary man, who led the Carlow-Kilkenny Garda division since 2015, was presented with a certificate of civic recognition.