Birthday Honours 2024

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Mr Robert Ernest Bailie OBE           

For services to the economy and to opera in Northern Ireland

Mr Norman Cecil Fulton

Deputy Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Northern Ireland Civil Service. For services to agriculture in Northern Ireland

Ms 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 (OBE)

Mr David Cunningham

Officer, National Crime Agency. For services to law enforcement

Mr 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

Mr 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

Miss Joy Dorothea Elizabeth Margaret Agnes Scott     

Lately Chair, Clanmil Housing Association. For services to social housing in Northern Ireland

Mrs Karen Ann Turner       

Leader, Traveller Education Support and Asylum Seeker and Refugee Support, Education Authority. For services to education, to minority ethnic support services in Northern Ireland and to speech and drama

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Mr Jeremy Raymond David Adams

For services to disability sport

Miss Valerie Margaret Elizabeth Adams        

For services to archives in Northern Ireland

Mr William Edward Adamson          

Northern Ireland Development Officer, National Sheep Association. For services to the sheep industry

Mrs Alison Margaret Cairns             

For services to renal patients and their families within the Western Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland

Mr James Joseph Campbell             

Lately Business Support Services Manager, Northern Ireland Audit Office. For public service

Mr William George Alfred Carson    

Founder, Container Ministry, Irish Methodist Mission Partnership. For services to the community in Northern Ireland and abroad

Mr Beverley Roy Corry      

For services to athletics

Mr 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

Ms Clodagh Elizabeth Dunlop         

For services to stroke survivors and to the reform of stroke services

Dr Robert Ian Grundy        

Lately Chair, Matrix. For services to science, technology and innovation policy

Mr Raymond Noel Hall      

For services to pipe bands and to the community in Northern Ireland

Mrs Mary Scott Hamilton   

For services to local government, to education and to cross-community reconciliation in Northern Ireland

Mrs Catherine Ellen Harper             

For services to domestic abuse support in Northern Ireland

Mr Stephen Joseph Harrison           

Lately principal, Gilnahirk primary school, Belfast. For services to education in Northern Ireland

Mr James Stanley Mackey Huey     

For services to education and to rugby in Northern Ireland

Miss Elaine Hunniford       

For services to young people and to safeguarding in sport

Mr 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

Mr 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

Mr Máirtín Pádraig MacGabhann    

For services to organ donation in Northern Ireland

Mr John Madden BEM      

Principal, Roddensvale School, Larne. For services to education and to children with special educational needs

Mr 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

Mr David Adrian McConville            

Biomedical Services Manager, The State Pathologist's Department. For services to the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland

Mr George Samuel McMath

Lately Deputy Principal, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Northern Ireland Civil Service. For services to the Northern Ireland census

Mr Richard Alexander Glenn Moore

For services to equine assisted therapy and learning in Northern Ireland

Mr Stephen William John Mulligan  

Principal, Mossley Primary School, Newtownabbey, County Antrim. For services to education

Mr Desmond Carson Nevin             

Executive Director, Customer and Operations, Northern Ireland Water. For public service

Mrs Frances Nicholson     

Lately Professional Social Worker, Department of Health Northern Ireland. For services to social work and to adoption and fostering services

Mr Nicholas William Niel Price DL   

For services to the food and hospitality industry and to the community in Northern Ireland

Mrs Catherine Maria Quinn             

Principal, Abbey Community College, Newtownabbey, County Antrim. For services to education

Mr Raymond Patrick Rafferty          

Chair, Trade Unions, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. For services to health and social care in Northern Ireland

Mrs Lindsay Elizabeth Margaret Robinson    

For services to perinatal mental health in Northern Ireland

Ms Bernadette Shiels        

For services to the arts in Northern Ireland

Professor Maxwell Sheldrake Watson           

For services to palliative care medicine

Mr Robert Hugh Marshall Wilson     

Lately Regional Officer for Northern Ireland, Association of School and College Leaders. For services to education

Mr William Joseph Young 

Project Manager, South West College. For services to civil engineering education

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

Mr Brian Francis Adams    

For services to young people and sport

Mrs Ellen Laura Barnett    

Volunteer, St Saviour's Church, Craigavon. For services to music and to the community in Craigavon

Mr Richard Collins Black   

For services to the royal British legion in County Tyrone

Mr Derek Frederick Lawrence Borland          

For public service in Northern Ireland

Mr John Caldwell

For voluntary services to the community in Donaghadee, County Down

Mrs Elizabeth Ann Coleman            

For voluntary and charitable services to the community in Belfast and missionary work in Africa

Mr John Davidson             

For services to the licensed retail sector

Mr Kevin John Dolan

Senior Supervisor, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Northern Ireland Civil Service. For services to forestry

Ms Claire Louise Drummond           

Head of Student Wellbeing, Ulster University. For services to higher education

Mr Aidan Early    

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

Mrs Adele Leona Elder      

Area Catering Manager, Education Authority. For services to education and to charity in the Causeway Coast and Glens

Mr William Hiram Gillespie

For services to military and police support in Northern Ireland

Mr Connor James Graham

Ambassador and Peer Mentor, Action Cancer Northern Ireland. For services to people with skin cancer

Miss Sheelagh Elizabeth Greer       

For services to music in Northern Ireland

Mr James Melvin Sands Hamilton   

For services to community safety and the neighbourhood watch

Mrs Irene Catherine Hewitt

For voluntary services in Londonderry

Mrs Marguerite Mary Teresa Hull    

For services to the St Vincent de Paul Society and to the community in Eglinton, County Londonderry

Mrs Irene Elizabeth Hunter

For services to the royal British legion in County Londonderry

Dr Michael Adair Ievers     

For services to drama in Northern Ireland

Mr Andrew McCartney Kennedy      

Chair, Board of Governors, Ballykeel Primary School, Ballymena. For voluntary service to education and to the community in Ballymena, County Antrim

Mrs Mandy Elizabeth Kilpatrick       

Lately Principal Private Secretary to the Lady Chief Justice. For services to justice

Mr William Henry King       

For public service in Northern Ireland

Mr Erroll Adrian Lutton      

For services to hockey

Mr Brian Sinclair Lynas     

For services to the Boys' Brigade and to the community in County Antrim

Mr Kenneth Wilson Manning           

For services to the community in County Londonderry

Mrs Elizabeth McCann

Receptionist, Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland Civil Service. For public service

Mr Richard David McClune

For voluntary service to police and military welfare in County Armagh

Mr Francis Samuel McCoubrey       

For services to local government and to the community in West and North Belfast

Mrs Karen Diane McCourt 

Lately Foster Carer. For services to foster care in Northern Ireland

Mr Patrick Joseph McCourt             

Lately Foster Carer. For services to foster care in Northern Ireland

Mrs Audrey Jane McDowell             

For voluntary and charitable services to the community in County Down

Mr Gordon Ernest McDowell           

For services to sport and to the local community in County Down

Miss Phyllis Michael          

For services to Girlguiding Ulster and to the community in County Londonderry

Mr Paul Mullen    

For services to the community in County Tyrone

Mrs Rosemarie Mullen      

For services to the community in County Tyrone

Miss Sarah-Jane Mullen    

For services to the community in County Tyrone

Mr Stephen Newell            

For services to the community of Greyabbey, County Down

Mrs Sharon Nurse             

For services to midwifery and neonatal education in Northern Ireland

Mr William James Kennedy Patterson           

Governor, Stranmillis University College, Queen's University Belfast. For voluntary service to higher education

Mr John Maynard Forsythe Porter  

For services to scouting and to the community in Northern Ireland

Ms Isabella Rafferty

Foster Carer. For services to foster care in Northern Ireland

Miss Hilary Richardson     

For services to Girlguiding and to the community in Tobermore, County Londonderry

Mrs Matilda Maud Richardson         

Executive Officer, Police Service of Northern Ireland. For public service

Mr Samuel Taylor

School Caretaker, Windsor Hill Primary School, Newry. For services to education and to the community in Newry, County Down

Ms Paula Tierney

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

Mr Robert White  

For services to association football and to charity in North Belfast

King’s Police Medal 

Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell

Police Service of Northern Ireland

Detective Sergeant Niall McCready

Police Service of Northern Ireland

Superintendent Mervyn Seffen

Police Service of Northern Ireland

King’s Ambulance Service Medal

Heather Anne Foster-Sharpe

Assistant Director Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response, Northern Ireland Ambulance Service