Golfer has resisted calls from bereaved and survivors of Grenfell fire to sever sponsorship with insulation firm
Shane Lowry in action during the recent BMW Championship, with the Kingspan logo on his sleeve. Photograph: Harry How/Getty ImagesOne of the world’s leading golfers, Shane Lowry, is facing growing pressure to end his sponsorship deal with the insulation company Kingspan if it is among firms strongly criticised in the Grenfell Tower inquiry final report due to be published this week.
Lowry agreed the Kingspan deal one month before the disaster and says on his website he is “thrilled to be getting the backing of one of Ireland’s most successful global companies”.Sara Byrne’s singles win helps Britain and Ireland’s lift Curtis Cup Conclusions on the extent of Kingspan’s responsibility are likely to form part of the second and final public inquiry report due to be published on Wednesday, alongside findings about Arconic, a cladding company, and Celotex, which made almost all of the combustible insulation used.
Kingspan also sponsors Ulster Rugby’s stadium in Belfast, and the club resisted pressure from a council in Northern Ireland and the Grenfell United survivors group to end the deal. Phase one of the inquiry concluded that the main cause of fire spread was these plastic-filled cladding panels made by a separate firm, Arconic. But it found that the combustible insulation, most of which was made by Celotex with some from Kingspan, “contributed to the rate and extent of vertical flame spread”. The council did not change the minutes.
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