Highlights

Your top stories on Wednesday

Michael McGrath’s new EU justice job is a win, but not the one Government wanted

City centre sanctuary: No upgrades needed at architect’s renovated redbrick cottage for €435,000

With less experience but plenty of X-factor, Connacht should be fun to watch this season

Landmark Killiney pub hits the market for €7m

Dáil returns: Febrile, fretful and intensely competitive few weeks lie ahead

John McManus: Where did it all go wrong for Press Up?

‘Law subsists by power’: The Old Bailey in modern times

An Irish man in California: what I did first notice was how people talk about themselves. Compared to the typical older Irish man

‘I can walk in the streets, not afraid. The vibe of Dublin city just leads me to feel very comfortable here’

Your EV questions answered: How do plug-in hybrids work in practice and do they make sense for your pocket?

‘You see drivers watching matches on laptops, people eating breakfast cereal, putting on make-up, shaving’

Shane Lynam: Pebbledash Wonderland – A surreal expedition through invisible corners of the urban environment

How would you feel if asked to return to the office five days a week?

Crimean Quagmire: Tolstoy, Russell and the Birth of Modern Warfare – Exposing lies and cover-ups

Clare medical student returns home to death threats after a summer dodging Russian drones and glide bombs in Ukraine

Why a British-Irish league would not be the solution rugby needs

A hint of the Hamptons in D4: Donnybrook five-bed set for movie stardom, for €5.25m

Alan Shatter hasn’t ‘given thought’ to election bid as he seeks revolt over inheritance tax

Explaining suicide to a child: ‘Daddy stopped himself from living’