Heavy Garda security for book signing at Eason’s

GARDAÍ are drawing up a detailed security plan for a book signing by former British prime minster Tony Blair in Dublin on Saturday.

Up to 300 protesters from a range of groups – including a militant republican political party – are expected to gather for the signing at Eason’s bookstore on O’Connell Street.

The signing presents gardaí with a difficult security operation on what is the country’s busiest street on a Saturday morning. Eason’s location, on the corner of O’Connell Street and Middle Abbey Street, is a major intersection for public transport: bus, Luas and general traffic.