Eggs and shoes have been thrown at the former prime minister Tony Blair as he arrived at a book signing in Dublin.
It happened as he arrived at Easons on O'Connell Street to sign copies of his autobiography.
The missiles, which were thrown by anti-war protesters, did not hit Mr Blair.
Activists clashed with Irish police as they tried to push down a security barrier outside the bookshop.
More than 300 people queued from early on Saturday morning to get a book signed.
It is his first book-signing since the publication of his autobiography.
There is a large police presence in the city and O'Connell Street has been closed to traffic.
Mr Blair's memoirs detail his accounts of life in Downing Street, the Iraq war, the 9/11 terrorist attacks in America and Princess Diana's death.
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