if (lc($name) eq lc($string)) {

##</code><code>##

my %hash;
my $next_key = 'What_I_am_looking_for Irrelevant_String';
my $data_for_next_key = 'xxx';

$hash{ lc $next_key } = [ ($next_key, $data_for_next_key) ];

print
    "Value associated with '$next_key' is '",
    $hash{ lc $next_key }->[1],  # or $hash{ lc $next_key }[1]
    "'\n";