World | Tony Blair Irish Greet Blair Book ... With Shoes, Eggs Anti-war protesters show up for Dublin book-signing By Polly Davis Doig Posted Sep 4, 2010 8:22 AM CDT Copied Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, right, attends a public book signing at Eason book store in Dublin, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Niall Carson, pool) Tony Blair may well wish he'd been drinking for today's book-signing in Dublin: Several hundred anti-war protesters awaited the former PM as he arrived at a bookstore in the city center, hurling everything from epithets to shoes, eggs, and a bottle, reports the Irish Times. The book-signing was the first since Blair released his memoirs this week, and the Times notes that those hoping for his John Hancock outnumbered the shoeless by 3 to 1. Read These Next Defense officials react to Hegseth's Quantico meeting. Government shutdown is here. Here's what to expect. Colorado wants to give 'peace of mind' on Hunter S. Thompson. President asks nation's top generals to loosen up. Report an error