Shane Lowry: My heart goes out to families of Grenfell fire victims

Lowry ended his partnership with construction firm Kingspan on Tuesday, a week after the publication of the report into the fire.

Shane Lowry talks to the media at Royal County Down.

If Shane Lowry was hoping for some solace on the golf course in the midst of his decision to cut ties from long-term sponsor Kingspan, Royal County Down was far from obliging as preparations for the Amgen Irish Open continued Wednesday.

The Irish major champion faced the media a day after he had announced his decision to part ways with the Cavan-based insulation company in the wake of last week’s damning verdict on its conduct within in the final report on the Grenfell Tower Inquiry When a west London council tower block was consumed by flames in June 2017, 72 people lost their lives and six years later, the Inquiry found that Kingspan, while not directly responsible for the deadly fire, had nevertheless shown "complete disregard for fire safety" in how it marketed one of its products used in the refurbishment of the block.