Jane* has heard her children being called “monkeys”; the father of a toddler who has profound disabilities as a result of injuries sustained during her birth, has said that her life has been destroyed; Turkey has blocked access to Twitter to prevent the broadcast of images of a bomb blast which killed 32 people earlier this week. Here’s this evening’s irishexaminer.com round-up.

Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift found themselves embroiled in a very public Twitter spat yesterday, following Swift’s nomination for Video of the Year at the 2015 VMA awards.