King’s Birthday Honours: Full list of everyone from Northern Ireland awarded a gong

Campaigners, servants to grassroots sport, frontline workers and community heroes across Northern Ireland have been recognised in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours.

Organ donation campaigner Mairtin Mac Gabhann and Women’s Coalition founder Bronagh Hinds are among the well-known local faces receiving recognition this year. Mr Mac Gabhann, whose son Daithi inspired a change in organ donation rules in the region, is becoming a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).

Ms Hinds, who helped to found the Women’s Coalition political party in 1996, is to become a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), but said she had done so to help promote the message of reconciliation and inclusion.

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PSNI Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell, who survived a murder attempt, has been awarded the King’s Police Medal. Mr Caldwell was shot a number of times in front of his son by dissident republicans at a sports complex in Omagh, Co Tyrone, on February 22 2023.

He was packing up after coaching a youth football team when he was targeted. The detective, who had investigated a number of high-profile murder cases, spent several weeks in intensive care. A number of people have been arrested and charged in relation to the shooting.

Meanwhile, policewoman Clodagh Dunlop, who defied the odds to beat locked-in syndrome, has been made an MBE for her campaigning work to reform stroke services in Northern Ireland. Also becoming an MBE is Lindsay Robinson, who campaigned to establish perinatal mental health services in Northern Ireland.

Also becoming a CBE is Roy Bailie, the chairman of NI Opera. He said he was “completely overwhelmed” at being recognised for services to the economy and opera in Northern Ireland.

Professor Donna Fitzsimons, head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen’s University in Belfast, said she was “genuinely blown away” after learning she was to become an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to healthcare and education.

Here’s a run-down of all those named and the titles they can now add to their names:

Order of the British Empire – Commanders of the Order of the British Empire

Robert Ernest Bailie OBE – For services to the Economy and to Opera in Northern Ireland

Norman Cecil Fulton – Deputy Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Northern Ireland Civil Service – For services to Agriculture in Northern Ireland

Bronagh Anne Hinds – Co-Founder, Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition – For services to Peace and Promoting Women’s Rights

Officers of the Order of the British Empire

David Cunningham – Officer National Crime Agency – For services to Law Enforcement

Ronald Joseph Dawson – For services to Fundraising and to Charity in Northern Ireland and Abroad

Professor Donna Fitzsimons – Head, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast – For services to Healthcare and to Education

Dr David Paul Marshall – Lately Director of Census, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency – For services to Official Statistics and Census taking in Northern Ireland

Dr James McAleer – Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Northern Ireland Cancer Centre – For services to Cancer Care and Treatment in Northern Ireland

Paul John McGurnaghan – Director, Digital Services, Department for Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs, Northern Ireland Civil Service – For services to Information Technology and Digital Innovation

Dr John David McKeown – Veterinary Surgeon – For services to the Veterinary Profession

Professor Noel David Purdy – Director of Research and Scholarship, Stranmillis University College, Belfast – For services to Education

Joy Dorothea Elizabeth Margaret Agnes Scott – Lately Chair, Clanmil Housing Association – For services to Social Housing in Northern Ireland

Karen Ann Turner – Leader, Traveller Education Support and Asylum Seeker and Refugee Support, Education Authority – For services t Education, to Minority Ethnic Support Services in Northern Ireland and to Speech and Drama

Order of the British Empire – Members of the Order of the British Empire

Jeremy Raymond David Adams – For services to Disability Sport

Valerie Margaret Elizabeth Adams – For services to Archives in Northern Ireland

William Edward Adamson – Northern Ireland Development Officer, National Sheep Association – For services to the Sheep Industry

Alison Margaret Cairns – For services to Renal Patients and their Families within the Western Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland

James Joseph Campbell – Lately Business Support Services Manager, Northern Ireland Audit Office -For Public Service

William George Alfred Carson – Founder, Container Ministry, Irish Methodist Mission Partnership -For services to the community in Northern Ireland and Abroad

Beverley Roy Corry – For services to Athletics

Patrick Joseph Duffy – For services to Special Olympics Sports and to Young People, particularly those with Learning Disabilities in the Newry and District Gateway Club

Clodagh Elizabeth Dunlop – For services to Stroke Survivors and to the Reform of Stroke Services

Robert Ian Grundy – Lately Chair, Matrix – For services to Science, Technology and Innovation Policy

Raymond Noel Hall – For services to Pipe Bands and to the community in Northern Ireland

Mary Scott Hamilton – For services to Local Government, to Education and to Cross-Community Reconciliation in Northern Ireland

Catherine Ellen Harper – For services to Domestic Abuse Support in Northern Ireland

Stephen Joseph Harrison – Lately Principal, Gilnahirk Primary School, Belfast – For services to Education in Northern Ireland

James Stanley Mackey Huey – For services to Education and to Rugby in Northern Ireland

Elaine Hunniford – For services to Young People and to Safeguarding in Sport

James Noel Irwin – President, Dungannon and Moy Branch, Royal British Legion – For voluntary service to Veterans in Northern Ireland

Professor Barbara Elizabeth Jane Jemphrey – Director, Institute of Professional Legal Studies, Queen’s University Belfast – For services to Education

David James Johnston – Community Outreach Officer, Northern Ireland Office – For Public and Community Service iN Northern Ireland

Professor David Simon Jones FREng – Professor, Pharmaceutical and Biomaterial Engineering and lately Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Queen’s University Belfast – For services to Education and to Pharmacy

Máirtín Pádraig MacGabhann – For services to Organ Donation in Northern Ireland

John Madden BEM – Principal, Roddensvale School, Larne – For services to Education and to Children with Special Educational Needs

John James Martin – For services to Agriculture and Dairy Farming in Northern Ireland

Dr Patricia Marion McCaffrey – Consultant Geriatrician, Southern Health and Social Care Trust – For services to Older People in Northern Ireland

David Adrian McConville – Biomedical Services Manager, The State Pathologist’s Department – For services to the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland

George Samuel McMath – Lately Deputy Principal, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Northern Ireland Civil Service – For services to the Northern Ireland Census

Richard Alexander Glenn Moore – For services to Equine Assisted Therapy and Learning in Northern Ireland

Stephen William John Mulligan – Principal, Mossley Primary School, Newtownabbey, Co Antrim – For services to Education

Desmond Carson Nevin – Executive Director, Customer and Operations, Northern Ireland Water – For Public Service

Frances Nicholson – Lately Professional Social Worker, Department of Health Northern Ireland – For services to Social Work and to Adoption and Fostering Services

Nicholas William Niel Price DL – For services to the Food and Hospitality Industry and to the community in Northern Ireland

Catherine Maria Quinn – Principal, Abbey Community College, Newtownabbey, Co Antrim – For services to Education

Raymond Patrick Rafferty – Chair, Trade Unions, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust – For services to Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland

Lindsay Elizabeth Margaret Robinson – For services to Perinatal Mental Health in Northern Ireland

Bernadette Shiels – For services to the Arts in Northern Ireland

Professor Maxwell Sheldrake Watson – For services to Palliative Care Medicine

Robert Hugh Marshall Wilson – Lately Regional Officer for Northern Ireland, Association of School and College Leaders – For services to Education

William Joseph Young – Project Manager, South West College – For services to Civil Engineering Education

Order of the British Empire – Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (British Empire Medal)

Brian Francis Adams – For services to Young People and Sport

Ellen Laura Barnett -Volunteer, St Saviour’s Church, Craigavon – For services to Music and to the community in Craigavon

Richard Collins Black – For services to the Royal British Legion in Co Tyrone

Derek Frederick Lawrence Borland – For public service in Northern Ireland

John Caldwell – For voluntary services to the community in Donaghadee, Co Down

Elizabeth Ann Coleman – For voluntary and charitable services to the community in Belfast and Missionary Work in Africa

John Davidson – For services to the Licensed Retail Sector

Kevin John Dolan – Senior Supervisor, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Northern Ireland Civil Service – For services to Forestry

Claire Louise Drummond – Head of Student Wellbeing, Ulster University -.For services to Higher Education

Aidan Early – Chair and Co-Founder, Community First Responders Group Armagh and Tyrone – For voluntary service to the community in Northern Ireland

Adele Leona Elder – Area Catering Manager, Education Authority – For services to Education and to Charity in the Causeway Coast and Glens

William Hiram Gillespie – For services to Military and Police Support in Northern Ireland

Connor James Graham – Ambassador and Peer Mentor, Action Cancer Northern Ireland – For services to People with Skin Cancer

Sheelagh Elizabeth Greer – For services to Music in Northern Ireland

James Melvin Sands Hamilton – For services to Community Safety and the Neighbourhood Watch

Irene Catherine Hewitt – For voluntary services in Londonderry

Marguerite Mary Teresa Hull – For services to the St Vincent De Paul Society and to the community in Eglinton, Co Londonderry

Irene Elizabeth Hunter – For services to the Royal British Legion in Co Londonderry

Michael Adair Ievers – For services to Drama in Northern Ireland

Andrew McCartney Kennedy – Chair, Board of Governors, Ballykeel Primary School, Ballymena – For voluntary service to Education and to the community in Ballymena, Co Antrim

Mandy Elizabeth Kilpatrick – Lately Principal Private Secretary to the Lady Chief Justice – For services to Justice

William Henry King – For public service in Northern Ireland

Erroll Adrian Lutton – For services to Hockey

Brian Sinclair Lynas – For services to the Boys Brigade and to the community in Co Antrim

Kenneth Wilson Manning – For services to the community in Co Londonderry

Elizabeth McCann – Receptionist, Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland Civil Service – For Public Service

Richard David McClune – For voluntary service to Police and Military Welfare in Co Armagh

Francis Samuel McCoubrey – For services to Local Government and to the community in West and North Belfast

Karen Diane McCourt – Lately Foster Carer – For services to Foster Care in Northern Ireland

Patrick Joseph McCourt – Lately Foster Carer – For services to Foster Care in Northern Ireland

Audrey Jane McDowell – For voluntary and charitable services to the community in Co Down

Gordon Ernest McDowell – For services to Sport and to the local community in Co Down

Phyllis Michael – For services to Girlguiding Ulster and to the community in Co Londonderry

Paul Mullen – For services to the community in Co Tyrone

Rosemarie Mullen – For services to the community in Co Tyrone

Sarah-Jane Mullen – For services to the community in Co Tyrone

Stephen Newell – For services to the community o Greyabbey, Co Down

Sharon Nurse – For services to Midwifery and Neonatal Education in Northern Ireland

William James Kennedy Patterson – Governor, Stranmillis University College, Queen’s University Belfast – For voluntary service to Higher Education

John Maynard Forsythe Porter – For services to Scouting and to the community in Northern Ireland

Isabella Rafferty – Foster Carer – For services to Foster Care in Northern Ireland

Hilary Richardson – For services to Girlguiding and to the community in Tobermore, Co Londonderry

Matilda Maud Richardson – Executive Officer, Police Service of Northern Ireland – For Public Service

Samuel Taylor – School Caretaker, Windsor Hill Primary School, Newry – For services to Education and to the community in Newry, Co Down

Paula Tierney – For voluntary and charitable services to HomeStart Belfast North, particularly during Covid-19

Robert White – For services to Association Football and to Charity in North Belfast

King’s Police Medal (KPM)

John Caldwell – Detective Chief Inspector, Police Service of Northern Ireland

Niall McCready Detective Sergeant, Police Service of Northern Ireland

Mervyn Seffen Superintendent, Police Service of Northern Ireland

King’s Ambulance Service Medal (KAM)

Heather Anne Foster-Sharpe – Assistant Director Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response, Northern Ireland Ambulance Service

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