New year honours list
Fifty-five individuals from Northern Ireland have been recognised in the new year honours list for their service to society. Across the UK, 984 awards were announced.
Order of Bath
Companion (CB)
Carol Patricia Moore, lately director, justice policy, Department of Justice
Order of the British Empire
Dame Commander (DBE)
Professor Judith Eileen Hill CBE, chief executive, Northern Ireland Hospice
Commanders (CBE)
Catherine Elizabeth Bell, deputy secretary, Department for Employment and Learning
Professor Jack Crane, state pathologist
Officers (OBE)
David William Best, director of finance and support services, PSNI
Darren Christopher Clarke, for services to golf
James Dobson, managing director, Dunbia
James Stephen Foster, head of corporate real estate and sourcing (Europe, Middle East and Africa), JP Morgan Chase
David Alexander Gibson, senior lecturer, enterprise education, Queen’s University Belfast
David Dunbar Mawhinney, managing director, Equiniti-ICS
Fionnuala McAndrew, director of children and executive director for social work, Health and Social Care Board
Professor James Andrew McLaughlin, advanced functional materials, University of Ulster
Reverend Wilfred John Orr, Newtownbreda Presbyterian Church
Shelagh Rosemary Rainey, chair, Belfast Education and Library Board
Reverend William Alexander Shaw, director, 174 Trust
Joanne Stuart, former chairman, Institute of Directors, Northern Ireland Division
Members (MBE)
Esther Robina Yvette Anderson, musical director, PSNI Ladies Choir
Philip Moore Bolton, director of music, Royal Belfast Academical Institution
Beverley Eleanor Ann Burns, Trading Standards Service, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
Dr Samuel John Burnside
Dr Linda Margaret Caughley, consultant histopathologist, Northern Ireland Cancer Registry
Brian Dorman
Jeffrey Edward Anthony Dudgeon
Charles Herbert Gerard Gould, chairman, board of governors, Carrickfergus Grammar School
Robert James Haughey
Dr Raman Kapur, chief executive, Threshold
Eileen May Kenny, head of quality, South West College
Lily Kerr, head of bargaining and representation, UNISON Northern Ireland
George Gordon Archibald Knowles, welfare officer, Disabled Police Officers’ Association
Renée Alice Logan, volunteer, Institute of Advanced Motorists
Flora Magee
Rosemary Magill, Women’s Aid
Anne Marie Marley, respiratory nurse consultant, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Henry Irwin Mayne, social worker, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Ann McCrea, breastfeeding co-ordinator
Patricia McDermott
Patrick McGonagle, managing director, Pakflatt Ltd
Rory McIlroy, golfer
William James McKittrick
Maura Muldoon
Robina Parkes
James Peel JP, lately assistant senior education officer, South Eastern Education and Library Board
Alderman John Mervyn Rea, Antrim Borough Council
Agnes Mary Reilly, chairman, Belfast Titanic Society
David Robinson, founder, Northern Ireland Transplant Association
Robert Moore Robinson, principal, Rainey Endowed School, Magherafelt
Richard Michael Sherry
David Smith, director, customer support, South Eastern Regional College
Councillor Marion Smith, North Down Borough Council
Eileen Watson, lately teacher, Ashfield Girls High School, Belfast
Thomas Joseph Welsh
John Victor Williamson, owner, Valley Hotel, Fivemiletown
Queen’s Police Medal
Detective Chief Inspector
Kim McCauley
Acting Inspector
Alexander Penney
Sergeant Russell Vogan
The BEM returns
In the Queen’s birthday honours this summer, the British Empire Medal will be reintroduced to recognise local acts of voluntary service. It was established in 1917 but discontinued by John Major in 1993, as it overlapped with the MBE and was seen as reinforcing class divisions. Recipients tended to come from working class backgrounds. David Cameron, though, sees it a way to reward a wider range of volunteers. Presentations were made by a Lord Lieutenant rather than the Queen, and this will continue through the new system.
