Two killed in Monaghan named locally as gardaí probe possible link

Both of the deceased men have been named locally

Forensic officers and gardai at a house in Castleblayney Co Monaghan, where a man's body was discovered on Thursday morning. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Gardaí in Monaghan are examining whether the death of man in a road crash close to the Northern Ireland border is linked in any way to the discovery of a man's body at a house in Monaghan yesterday morning.

The body of a 60-year-old man, named locally as Christopher Mooney, was found at a house in Knockreagh Lower in Broomfield at around 6.30am on Thursday.