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Saturday 4th February

Blair Pelted With Shoes And Eggs At Book Signing

Posted at 12:08PM Saturday 04 Sep 2010

Shoes and eggs were pelted at Tony Blair today as he attended his first book signing in the Irish Republic.

The missiles, which were thrown by anti-war protesters, did not hit the former prime minister as he arrived at a bookshop in Dublin.

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