A murder investigation is underway following the death of a 28-year-old man in Drogheda, Co Louth last night.
The man died in hospital after being beaten by a gang of men armed with wooden clubs.
The gang forced their way into a house at Elmwood estate on the Duleek Road shortly after midnight.
Two women who were in thee house at the time were not harmed but the victim who was beaten with pick-axe handles was taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda where he later died.