The body of 41-yr-old Gints Intenbergs has begun in Tullow, Co. Carlow.
The body of the Latvian native was found in the house he was renting on the Graigeowen estate on the outskirts of the town yesterdat morning.
His body was found in the kitchen of the house when gardai were alerted at around 9am yesterday.
After a post mortem was held, gardai have now launched a full scale murder inquiry.