These are the shocking graffiti daubings which vandals plastered over the front entrance to a Longford town GP's clinic overnight.

Anti-abortion activists are believed to have been behind the incident at Longford Medical Centre and the offices of a long-serving general practitioner.

The offices at Leader House, just off the main Dublin Road, remained open for business this morning.

Gardaí carried out an investigation of the scene this morning with a number of witness statements being taken over the incident.