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

1. #GARDAÍ: The Policing Authority has expressed “deep unease” at the organisation and management culture of An Garda Síochána, following a meeting with commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan to discuss the findings of the O’Higgins report.

2. #GERMANY: The trial of a former Nazi SS guard at the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp is due to deliver its verdict later today.

3. COURTS: A South Dublin schoolboy who fractured another teen’s skull with a hammer over €50 worth of cannabis has been placed in custody until Monday while a judge considers his sentence.

4. #HIROSHIMA: US president Barack Obama will make history today when he travels to Hiroshima — becoming the first sitting US leader to visit the Japanese atomic bomb site.

5. #BROWN BAG FILMS: The animation studio is opening a new premises in Smithfield, Dublin today – with 70 jobs up for grabs.

6. #SPEEDING: Gardaí across the country are carrying out a national speed enforcement operation from 7am today until 7am tomorrow.

7. #LOOK INTO MY EYES: Magician Keith Barry has told the Irish Daily Mail he was hired by TDs to teach them conversational techniques to help them woo voters.

8. #BREXIT: A declaration at the G7 meeting in Japan has said a vote by the UK to leave the European Union would pose a “serious threat to global growth”, BBC News reports.

9. #HAPPY B-DAY: Bruce Springsteen will play the first of two much-anticipated concerts in Dublin’s Croke Park tonight.