The full list of Northern Ireland recipients of Queen's birthday honours

Northern Ireland Queen's birthday honours.
Northern Ireland Queen's Birthday Honours

Scores of people in Northern Ireland have been nominated for an accolade in the Queen's birthday honours list.

Here is the full list of those awarded an honour:

Dames Commander of the British Empire (DBE) Commander of the British Empire Arlene Foster: Lately First Minister of Northern Ireland. For Political and Public

Fionnuala Mary Jay-O’Boyle CBE: H.M. Lord-Lieutenant, County Borough of Belfast. For services to the community in Northern Ireland. Order of the Bath Companions of the Order of Bath(CB) Tracy Meharg: Lately Permanent Secretary, Department for Communities, Northern Ireland Executive. For Public Service Order of the British EmpireCommanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Martin Eugene Joseph Bradley OBE: For services to Defence Medicine Tony McGleenan QC Senior Crown Counsel, Northern Ireland. For services to Justice.

James Andrew McLaughlin OBE: Head, School of Engineering and Director, Nanotechnology and Integrated Bioengineering Centre. For services to Higher Education and Research

Stephen Smartt: Professor of Astrophysics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast. For services to Science

Order of the British EmpireCommanders of the Order of the British Empire(OBE)

Lisa Bennett-Dietrich: Chief Executive Officer, Community Relations In Schools. For services to Peace Education and Community Reconciliation in Northern Ireland.

Terence Hugh Brannigan: Chairman, Tourism Northern Ireland. For services to Tourism and to the Business Community in Northern Ireland

Simon Wallis Irwin Burrowes: Editor of Debates, Hansard, and Head of Public Engagement, Northern Ireland Assembly. For services to Parliament and to Sport in Northern Ireland

Alan Dinsmore: Principal Scientific Officer, Forensic Science Northern Ireland. For services to Justice and Forensic Science.

Patricia Donnelly: Head, Covid-19 Vaccination Programme in Northern Ireland. For services to the Covid-19 Response

Sarah Jane Ewart: For services to Abortion Legal Reform in Northern Ireland.

Lyndon Robert Campbell Hughes-Jennett: Northern Ireland Attaché, British Embassy, Washington. For services to the community in Northern Ireland.

Sean Terence Hogan: Chair, TB Eradication Partnership. For services to the Agricultural Industry in Northern Ireland

Nigel James Keery: Head of Estates Operations, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. For services to Public Health

Mary Elizabeth Lemon: Principal Officer, Department of Justice, Northern Ireland Executive. For services to the Justice System and to Vulnerable People Noel William McKee MBE: For services to Charity in Northern Ireland Colonel John William Rollins MBE: For services to the Armed Forces in Northern Ireland

Dawn Cynthia Shaw: Chief Executive, NI Guardian Ad Litem Agency. For services to Social Work in the Voluntary and Community Sector

Amanda Stewart: Lately Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Policing Board. For Public Service Donna Lynne Williams: Director of Supplies and Services Division, Construction and Procurement Delivery, Northern Ireland Civil Service. For Public and Charitable Service

Suzanne Kathryn Wylie: Lately Chief Executive, Belfast City Council. For services to Local Government in Northern Ireland Order of the British Empire Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Gillian Alexandra Armstrong: Professor of Business Education and Director, Business Engagement Unit, Ulster University. For services to Higher Education and Business

Samuel Bell: For voluntary services to People with Disabilities and their Carers in Northern Ireland

Clifford James Brooks: For services to Visual Arts in Northern Ireland

Margaret Anne Brown: Solicitor. For services to Legal Education and to Charity in Northern Ireland

June Eleanor Ann Cairns: Ward Manager, Acute Frailty and Rehabilitation Ward, Lagan Valley Hospital, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust. For services to Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland

Elizabeth Lorraine Campbell: Interim Chair, Supporting Communities. For services to the community in Northern Ireland

Brian Patrick Caul: For voluntary service to the Royal National Institute for Deaf People in Northern Ireland

Angila Chada: Executive Director, Springboard Opportunities Limited. For services to Children and Young People in Northern Ireland

Aodhán Connolly: Lately Director, Northern Ireland Retail Consortium. For services to the Economy.

Patricia Sarah Corbett DL: For services to the community in Belfast

Deborah Jessica Corry: For services to Civil Contingency

Albert Gordon Cunningham: Chairman Cunningham Covers Ltd. For services to Economic Development in Northern Ireland

Francis Ephraim Dempsey: Volunteer, Royal Ulster Constabulary GC. For voluntary and charitable services to Policing and to the community in Northern Ireland. Alexander Colin Dickson: Owner, Dicksons Roses. For services to Horticulture in Northern Ireland.

Mervyn Gibson: For services to the community in Northern Ireland.

Margaret Elizabeth Hardy: For services to the Poultry Industry in Northern Ireland

Colin Hayburn: Executive Director, Almac. For services to Economic Development and Philanthropy in Northern Ireland

Brenda Herron: Lately Chief Commissioner, Girlguiding Ulster. For services to Young People.

Joanne Elizabeth Hughes: Director, Centre for Shared Education, Queen’s University Belfast. For services to Education and to the community in Northern Ireland

Timothy Philip Maxwell Irwin: Director, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Northern Ireland Executive. For Public Service Mary Paula Jordan: Principal, Sperrinview Special School, Dungannon, County Tyrone. For services to Education in Northern Ireland

Richard David John Kirkpatrick: For services to the Equine Sector in Northern Ireland

Barbara Hilary Lewis: For services to the Royal National Institute for Deaf People and the Health and Social Care Sector in Northern Ireland

James Lindsay: For voluntary service to Education in Killyleagh, County Down

Shirley McCay: For services to Hockey and to the community in Northern Ireland

James McClean: Chair, Ballymena and District Branch, Parkinson’s UK. For services to People with Parkinson’s in County Antrim

Josephine Anne McConaghy: For services to Vulnerable Families in the Lisburn Area

Samuel Thomas McGregor: Member, Governing Body, North West Regional College. For services to Further Education and to the community in Northern Ireland.

John Andrew McIlmoyle: Vice-Principal, Longstone Special School, Dundonald, Belfast. For services to Education and to Children with Special Educational Needs

Gillian Elizabeth Montgomery: Speech and Language Therapist, Northern Health and Social Care Trust. For services to Healthcare in Northern Ireland.

Sean Daniel Mullan: For services to the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service.

Adam Dominic Murphy: Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Shnuggle. For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.

Philip Alexander O’Neill: Chief Operating Officer, Translink. For services to Sustainable and Accessible Transport in Northern Ireland.

Eilish Rutherford: For services to Sport and to Charity in Northern Ireland.

Helen Mary Setterfield: Chair, OGCancerNI. For services to Patients and Families affected by Oesophago-Gastric Cancer

David William Smyth QC: For services to the community in Northern Ireland

Richard James Gregg Yarr: For services to Music in Northern Ireland

Order of the British Empire Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

Abraham Agnew: For services to the Community and Environment in Northern Ireland

Marjorie Aitken: For services to Older People in Northern Ireland

Leanne Victoria Louise Barnett: Deputy Director, Strategic Communications and Engagement, Police Service of Northern Ireland. For services to Policing

Mervyn Thomas Bell: For services to Surestart and to the community in Belfast during Covid 19

Patricia Mary Browne: Chair, Portaferry Fundraising Branch, Royal National Lifeboat Institution. For services to Maritime Safety in County Down. Ruth Elizabeth Anne Campbell: For services to Cancer Patients and their Families in Northern Ireland Alan Cooper: Lately Member, Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside. For services to the Environment

Douglas Alexander Crowe: For services to Young People in North Belfast

Liam Cunningham: For voluntary service to Young People in Northern Ireland

John Fitzgerald Degnan: Manager and Chief Fundraiser, Eilish Degnan Children's Foundation. For services to Patients and their Families at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children Emma Jane Devenny: Special Educational Needs Classroom Assistant, Drumachose Primary School, Limavady. For services to Children with Special Educational Needs

Christine May Gemmell: For services to the Army Widows Association

Ivan Noel Gilmour: For voluntary services to Cancer Patients and their Families

Catherine Eileen Gleave: Co-founder, GIFT International. For voluntary and charitable service

Margaret Geraldine Hill: For services to Young People in Northern Ireland

Barbara Ann Hunter: Access Officer, Policy and Practice, Ulster University. For services to Education

Mary Elizabeth Evelyn Irwin: For services to the Women's Institute and to the community in County Tyrone

Gerald Knight: For voluntary service to the Royal National Institute for Deaf People in Northern Ireland

Iain Lendrum: Chairman, Royal British Legion Club and Coronavirus Response Group, Fivemiletown. For services to the community in County Tyrone during Covid-19

Venie Martin: Chair, Causeway University of the Third Age. For services to the Older People in Northern Ireland

Alacoque Teresa McCaffrey: Occupational Health Nurse, Western Health and Social Care Trust. For services to Occupational Health, particularly during Covid-19

Ethel Ruby McClelland: For services to the community in County Tyrone

Stephen McComb: Networks Leakage Technician, Northern Ireland Water. For services to the community in Belfast

Andrew Drummond McCrea: For services to Cricket and to Young People in Northern Ireland

Roberta McNally: For services to Remembrance in Northern Ireland

James Roy Morrison: For services to Triathlon in Northern Ireland

Robert Alexander Nesbitt: For services to Association Football and to Young People in Northern Ireland

Julian David Orford: Member, Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside. For services to the Environment

Robert John Robertson: For services to St John’s Parish Church, Fivemiletown, County Tyrone

Shauna Elizabeth Scroggie: Community Service Officer Probation Board, Northern Ireland. For services to Criminal Justice

Eileen Gay Sherry-Bingham: Centre Leader, Atlas Women's Centre. For services to Disadvantaged Women in Lisburn, Northern Ireland particularly during Covid-19.

Elizabeth Shields: For services to Fundraising and to the community in Northern Ireland

Ronald William Smyth: For services to Hockey in Northern Ireland

Diane Elizabeth Tregaskis-Sloan: For services to the community In Northern Ireland

Ivan Marshall Walker: For services to the community in Markethill, County Armagh

Janet Amanda Wilson: Co-founder, GIFT International. For voluntary and charitable service Queen’s Police Medal (QPM)

Grahame Wilson Sillery: Detective Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland

Richard Samuel Taylor: Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland

Darren Welsh: Sergeant, Police Service of Northern Ireland Queen’s Ambulance Medal (QAM)

Alwyn Craig WilsonA Emergency Medical Technician and Hospital Ambulance Liaison Officer, Northern Ireland Ambulance Service.


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