EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you wake up.

1.#NO ADMISSION: Busker’s Bar in Dublin’s Temple Bar says it is investigating allegations that three South African students were refused entry and told “no blacks allowed”.

2. #NO THANKS: The gardaí’s new modernisation plan has already hit stumbling blocks with middle-ranking gardaí saying they won’t implement it.

3. #RIP: Muhammad Ali will be laid to rest today in his hometown in Louisville.

4. #CRIMINAL ASSETS: The wife of convicted “drug baron” Michael Byrne, who is currently serving an 18-year sentence in Mountjoy Prison, has failed in a bid to recover her half share in a €53,000 BMW X5 she jointly owned with her husband.

5. #BROCK TURNER: US Vice President Joe Biden has penned an open letter to the woman whose rape case made international headlines this week.

6. #EURO2016: Thousands of Irish fans are expected to arrive in France today for the 2016 European championship, which kicks off later today. The42′s Ben Blake sums up the mood in the Irish camp.

7. #MISSING: A search is currently underway off the Northern Ireland coastline for a light aircraft that was last seen near Cushendun in Antrim.

8.#CALIFORNIA: A mother has been reunited with her abducted son after 21 years.

9. #SUMMER IS GONE: The weekend is here, but it’s looking like fog and rain for the next two days.