Four charged after Blair abused in Dublin
Irish police have confirmed that they have charged a number of people in connection with trouble during Tony Blair's visit to Dublin.
Mr Blair was pelted with shoes and eggs as he arrived in Dublin to promite his memoirs yesterday.
A spokesman for An Garda Siochana later confirmed four men - two aged in their late teens and two in their mid-30s - were arrested during the protest.
They were later charged under the Public Order Act and released from Garda custody.
They will appear before Dublin District Court on various dates in September.
None of the the missiles hit Mr Blair, who was heckled and jeered as he emerged from his car.
Angry activists then clashed with gardai as they tried to push down a security barrier outside the Eason store on Dublin's main thoroughfare O'Connell Street.
Kate O'Sullivan, who attempted to make a citizen's arrest on Mr Blair, said: "I cried out 'there was half a million people dead in Iraq, how can you live with yourself, you've committed war crimes'."
Security was tight as up to 300 campaigners carrying flags and banners chanted "arrest the butcher Blair", "hey hey Tony hey, how many kids have you killed today?"
Hundreds more queued quietly in the rain by a side door to meet Mr Blair, who arrived at about 10.30am - some abused by protesters as they left the store.
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