Gardai have launched separate investigations after two men were "assaulted and murdered in their own homes" in Co Sligo.
Michael Snee, 58, and Aidan Moffitt, 41, were both found with "significant injuries" after they had been brutally attacked in recent days.
Gardai say they are keeping an open mind when it comes to the killings, but added they are probing whether there is "any hate-related motive" to the murders.
