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15th June
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Campaigners confirm ex-DUP advisor Lee Reynolds will be eligible for Beard of Ireland 2022
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has confirmed that Northern Ireland politician Lee Reynolds will be eligible for the 2022 Beard of Ireland poll in March 2022.
Mr Reynolds held the title in 2018 and 2019 before losing out to Maynooth academic Peter Coles in 2020.
He wasn’t in the running in 2021 as he became advisor to former First Minister Arlene Foster and dipped out of the wider public eye in this role.
However he and his award winning beard are now back before the public.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, the annual Beard of Ireland Award, as all others we run, is not about the politics of an individual. It focuses on their beard and whether it represents, on balance, a positive image of the hirsute in public life.
Competition for the Irish Beard of the Year 2021 saw a record vote.
Northern Ireland Retail supremo Aodhan Connolly, last year’s runner up, won with 79% of the vote. Northern Ireland Health Minister Robin Swann came a creditable second.
The 2017 winner was politician Colum Eastwood who bearded broadcaster William Crawley for the annual Award.
In 2018 the DUP’s Lee Reynolds shaved writer Dominic O’Reilly for the honour with Colum Eastwood in a steady third place.
In 2019 Lee Reynolds retained the title
The 2020 winner was Maynooth academic Peter Coles
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