Garda following 'strong line of enquiry' that two deaths in Co Monaghan are linked

The coffin is loaded onto the hearse outside the house where a body was discovered outside Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan. Picture: Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie

Gardaí in Co Monaghan are following a "strong line of enquiry" that the two incidents may be connected.

Yesterday morning, the body of one man was discovered at a house in Castleblayney while a second man was killed in a road collision nearby.