Tony Blair had eggs and shoes hurled at him by protesters as he signed copies of his new memoirs yesterday. The former Prime Minister was met by 200 demonstrators booing and chanting he had "blood on his hands" over Iraq and Afghanistan as he promoted A Journey in Dublin.
One protester, Donal MacFhearraigh, said: "Blair took the world to war on the basis of lies."
Mr Blair's advisers had hoped he would get a hero's welcome in the Irish capital because of his role in helping to broker the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement in Northern Ireland. There was a large police presence and O'Connell Street was closed to traffic.
About 400 customers turned up at Eason's bookstore as Blair kicked off his worldwide promotional tour.
As he arrived demonstrators hurled shoes, eggs, plastic bottles and other missiles, although nothing hit him. There were scuffles as some of the crowd tried to force their way towards the store.
