Birthday honours mark service
Ninety-three people from Northern Ireland have been recognised for their contribution to the community in the Queen’s birthday honours list.
Fifty-seven joined the Order of the British Empire, 31 were granted the British Empire Medal for acts of local service, and a further five received honours within the emergency services.
Order of the British Empire
Commander (CBE)
John Agnew, chairman, Henderson Group
John Cole, deputy secretary, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
John Compton, chief executive, Health and Social Care Board
Pauline Leeson, chief executive, Children in Northern Ireland
Peter McNaney, chief executive, Belfast City Council
Brian Rea MBE, lately chair, Northern Ireland Policing Board
Officer (OBE)
Alan Armstrong, chairman and chief executive,
Almac Group
Derek Booker, director, Lagan Legacy
David Crabbe, Department for Regional Development
Janet Little, public health consultant
Marie Marin, chief executive, Employers for Childcare Charitable Group
Norman McBurney, founder and director, McBurney Transport Group
Raymond Murray, Department of Justice
John Wilkinson, principal, Dromore High School
Member (MBE)
Mary Andrews, lately chair, Northern Ireland Fisheries Harbour Authority
Lady Mary Bloomfield
Sergeant Peter Brannigan
Councillor David Browne, Belfast City Council
Paul Clark
Marbeth Coulter, Girls’ Brigade
Desney Cromey
Joseph Donaghy, chairman, board of governors, Our Lady of Lourdes High School, Ballymoney
Celia Ferguson, founder, Sion Mills Building
Preservation Trust
Thomas Forde, director, Northern Ireland Memorial Fund
Sylvia Foster, nurse
Frank Gervin, co-founder, Cloncoe Boxing Club
Susan Gervin, co-founder, Cloncoe Boxing Club
Lady Karen Girvan
Elizabeth Greer, deputy head, School of Business and Computing, Southern Regional College
Colin Henderson, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
Superintendent Paula Hilman
Deirdre Lennox, senior nurse manager, Spruce House
Briege Lewis, Department for Social Development
Alan Little, plant manager, Nacco Materials Handling Ltd
Ronald McAleese
Kathleen McConaghie, principal, Castleroe Primary School, Coleraine
Alice McDaniel, teacher, South Eastern Regional College
Marisa McFarlane, Macmillian paediatric cancer nurse
Olwen McIlroy, principal, Belmont Primary School
Rev Canon Samuel McVeigh TD
Andrew Millar, Scout Movement
Thomas Mitchell, Department of Education & Mencap
William Murphy, senior youth officer, Belfast Education and Library Board
Audrey Murray, founding director and chair, Social Economy Network
Teresa Murray, principal, St Ronan’s Primary School, Lisnaskea
Pamela Neill, chief executive, Voluntary Service Lisburn
Sharon Porter
Ivy Ridge, Ballymena Inter Ethnic Forum
Councillor Evelyne Robinson, Ballymoney Borough Council
Karen Salmon, nurse, Crosslinks
Dinah Shortt, Diabetes UK
Brian Sore
Dr Fiona Stewart, medical genetics consultant
Vijay Tandon, teacher, Botanic Primary School, Belfast
Elizabeth Underwood
David Wallace, Henry Brothers (Magherafelt) Ltd
Dr Catherine Young, GP, Rasharkin
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Robert Anthony
Lucille Bonar, Beaver Scouts
Frank Cassidy, lately principal, St Louis Grammar School Ballymena
Ronald Coulter, chair, Northern Ireland Vintage Ploughing Association
Pauline Crockard, Ministry of Defence
Elizabeth Davis, lately classroom assistant, Foyle View Special School, Derry
James Davis
Roger Denny
Valerie Denny
Frederick Dickson
John Esler, Causeway Cardiac Support Group
Blodwen Espley, volunteer, Western Health and Social Care Trust
Richard Green, ship’s master, Rathlin Island Ferry Ltd
James Harkness, lately building supervisor, Arvalee School and Resource Centre, Omagh
Moreen Hatrick
Jane Hughes
Margaret Kells, lately cleaner, Lisnaskea Public Library
Aileen Leckey, lately school crossing patrol officer, Saintfield
Georgina McClintock, co-founder, Sion Mills Community Association
Mary McCloy
Terence Moseley, past president, Irish Astronomical Association
Mary Muldoon
Jessie Nesbitt
John Patton
Vaughan Rosbotham, Boys’ Brigade
Mervyn Rowe, Boys’ Brigade & Pettigo Cross-Community Development Association
James Scott, chair, Gillygooley Youth and Community Development Association
Suzanne Shepherd
Martha Shields
Robert Toombs, Boys’ Brigade & Scout Association
Anna Wharry
Queen’s Police Medal (QPM)
Sergeant James Bingham
Detective Sergeant William Harper
Chief Superintendent Stephen Martin
Queen’s Fire Service Medal (QFSM)
Assistant Group Commander Martin Joyce
Queen’s Ambulance Service Medal (QAM)
William Newton, planning officer
