A post mortem is due to be carried out on the body of a 26 year old man found in a house in Co. Laois yesterday.
Two men have been arrested and are being questioned at Port Laoise Garda Station.
From Portarlington, Zara King reports.
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The Deputy State Pathologist Dr Margo Bolster is conducting the postmortem this afternoon at The Midlands Regional Hospital in Portlaoise.
The man had been drinking in the house when a row broke out.
Two men, in their 30s and 40s, have been arrested, and are being questioned by Gardai at PortLaoise Garda Station.
The two men in custody can be held for up to 24 hours.
Locals on Spa Street are deeply upset by the news and say they're shock it's happened in their hometown:
