Golfer Shane Lowry ends deal with Grenfell insulation firm

One of the world's leading golfers, Shane Lowry, has ended his sponsorship deal with the insulation company Kingspan after it was criticised for "persistent dishonesty" in the Grenfell Tower inquiry report.

- Robert Booth

Lowry wore the logo of the Irish construction materials firm on his sleeve for more than seven years but did not respond to previous calls to end the "deeply upsetting and deeply offensive" deal from the bereaved and survivors of the fire.

Kingspan made some of the combustible foam insulation used on the tower and the inquiry found last week that its development and marketing of the product was marked by "deeply entrenched and persistent dishonesty."

The Guardian reported last week on attempts by the families group Grenfell United (GU) to get Lowry to end the deal. GU said it wrote to him several times over the past three years alerting him to evidence about Kingspan's conduct that emerged from the inquiry, but he did not respond.