This year’s Birthday Honours have unveiled a remarkable recognition of 86 residents from Northern Ireland, celebrating their exceptional contributions to society.

Annually bestowed in June, these prestigious awards honour the achievements and public service of both notable personalities and everyday citizens across the UK and Commonwealth realms, marking the official birthday of the reigning monarch.

As the lists are published, they shine a spotlight on the dedication and commitment of those who have made a significant impact within their communities.

Order of the Bath

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Mrs Jennifer Agnes Bell – Lately Crown Solicitor for Northern Ireland.  For services to the Administration of Justice.

Order of the British Empire

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Mr Joseph O’Neill – Chief Executive Officer, Belfast Harbour.  For services to Business and to the community in Belfast.

Professor Ian Stuart Young – Consultant Chemical Pathologist, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and Chief Scientific Advisor to Department of Health. For services to Health Services Research and Development and to Health Education.

Order of the British Empire

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Mr Paul Vincent Finnegan – Chief Executive, Lighthouse. For services to Charity.

The Very Reverend Dean Kenneth Robert James Hall – For services to Reconciliation and Peace Building in Enniskillen and County Fermanagh.

Mr John Paul Harkin – Director and Founder, Alchemy Technology Services. For services to Economic Development and to Entrepreneurship.

Mrs Arlene Kee – Director Youth Service, Education Authority. For services to Young People.

Dr Helen Kirkpatrick – Lately Chair QUBIS Board, Queen’s University Belfast. For services to Economic Development and Innovation.

Mr Paul Joseph McBride – For services to Education.

Ms Eileen Murphy – Chief Executive, Women’s Aid Armagh-Down. For services to Charity.

Rt Revd Monsignor Peter O’Reilly – For services to Reconciliation and Peace Building in Enniskillen and County Fermanagh.

Mr Mukesh Sharma – Deputy Chair and Trustee, The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Chair, Northern Ireland Committee, National Lottery Heritage Fund. For services to Heritage.

Order of the British Empire

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Mr Geoffrey William Agnew – Joint Executive Group Chair, Henderson Group. For services to Business and to the community in Northern Ireland.

Mr Martin John Agnew – Joint Executive Group Chair, Henderson Group. For services to Business and to the community in Northern Ireland.

Dr Rosemary Elizabeth Agnew – Lately Director of Agricultural Policy, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs. For services to Agriculture.

Professor John Stanley Alan Anderson – For voluntary services to Education and to the community in Northern Ireland.

Mr Trevor Annon – Managing Director and Chair, Mount Charles. For services to Business, to Sport and to Charity in Northern Ireland.

Mr Wesley David Aston – Lately Chief Executive, Ulster Farmers’ Union. For services to Agriculture.

Mr John Law Bamford – For services to Amateur Golf.

Mrs Pauline Frances Bothwell – Charity Secretary, Crossfire Trust. For services to the People of South Armagh.

Mr Thomas Malcolm Calvert – Senior Professional Technical Officer, Rivers Directorate, Department for Infrastructure, Northern Ireland Civil Service. For services to Flood Risk Management and Digital Transformation.

Mr Ian Campbell – For services to Women in the Philippines.

Mrs Kathleen Elizabeth Courtenay – Lately Head of Children and Disability Services, Southern Health & Social Care Trust. For services to People with Disabilities. 

Mr Alan William Crooks – Disability Manager, Irish Football Association. For services to Disability Football.

Mr Brian Duff Lately Principal, Carnmoney Primary School, Newtownabbey. For services to Education in Newtownabbey.

Mr Ivor William McKee Dunne – Prison Officer, Northern Ireland Prison Service. For services to Criminal Justice and the Rehabilitation of Offenders in Northern Ireland.

Ms Ursula Fay – For services to the community in County Antrim.

Mr George Alexander Fleming – Chair, Fleming Agri Products. For services to Business, to Employment and to Apprenticeships.

Mr Maurice Henry Geddis – Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Avondale Foods Ltd and ENE Ltd. For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.

Mr Ian William John – Glendinning Managing Director, Irish Grouse Conservation Trust. For services to Country Sports and Conservation.

Mr David Francis Heggarty – Principal, Cregagh Primary School and Deaf Unit. For services to Education in Northern Ireland.

Mr John Irwin Dickey Johnston JP – For services to Local History in Northern Ireland and the Adjoining Border Counties.

Mr Gordon John Kane – Curriculum Area Manager, Advanced Technologies, Northern Regional College. For services to Further and Higher Education in Northern Ireland.

Dr Susan Lagdon – Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Ulster University. For services to Ending Violence Against Women and Girls.

Mr Richard Lyttle – For services to the Horse Racing Industry.

Dr Michael McBrien – Consultant Anaesthetist, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. For Voluntary Service.

Mrs Agnes Jane McCullough – For services to the Art of Lacemaking and Needlecraft in Northern Ireland.

Mr Paul Robert Millar – For services to Architecture and the Arts in Northern Ireland.

Mr William Robert Lyon Moore DL – For services to the Agriculture Sector in Northern Ireland.

Mr Brian O’Hagan – For services to Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland.

Mr Martin Howard Pitt – Chair, Radius Housing Association. For services to Social Housing.

Dr Patricia – Podmore Consultant, Western Health Trust. For services to Dermatology in the Northwest of Northern Ireland.

Mr David Andrew Radcliffe – For services to Education and to the community in Coleraine, County Londonderry.

Professor Peter Kenneth John Robertson – Professor of Energy and Environmental Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast.  For services to Research and Innovation in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Evelyn Elizabeth Jean Smyth – Medicines Management Specialist Nurse, Southern Health & Social Care Trust. For services to Health and Social Care.

Mr Frederick Michael Stewart – For services to Military History in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Sarah Marina Sweeney – For services to Counselling and Psychotherapy, to Community Education and to Peace Building through Restorative Dialogue.

Mrs Brenda Lydia Tighe – Chair, Northern Ireland Counselling Forum. For services to Counselling in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Claire Vincent – Deputy Director Marine and Fisheries Division, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs. For services to Marine Science and to Women in Science.

Mr Brian Walsh – For services to Cricket.

Mr Stephen Watson – Broadcaster. For services to Broadcasting and to Kidney Transplant Awareness and to Fundraising in Northern Ireland.

Ms Rose Neill – For services to Broadcasting and to Charity.

Order of the British Empire

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

Mrs Valerie Alexander – For services to Disadvantaged Young People in India.

Mrs Janet Beck – Sign Language Interpreter. For services to Interpreting and to the Deaf Community

Mr Roger Frederick Bell – For services to Local Cricket.

Mr Campbell Best – For services to the community in Portadown, County Armagh.

Dr Nichola Booth – For services to the Autistic Community and their Families in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Maxine Chambers – Senior Youth Support Worker, Goal Line Youth Trust and Co-Founder, Bluebell Trust. For services to Young People in Portadown, County Armagh.

Mr David Coffey – For Charitable Service.

Mr Robert Edward Cullinan – For services to Community Relations and to Brazilian JuJitsu.

Mrs Patricia Feeney – Leader, Caledon Playgroup. For services to Young Children in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Claire Margaret Anne Flowers – Chief Executive Officer, Girlguiding Ulster. For services to Girls and Young Women.

Ms Tanya Evelyn Mary Hughes – For services to the community of Ballybeen, Belfast.

Dr Stephen Jess Lately – Senior Scientific Officer, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute. For services to Agriculture in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Henrietta June Kirk – For services to the community in Groomsport, County Down.

Mr Lloyd Wallace Magee – For services to the community in County Londonderry.

Mrs Angela Jane Manson – For services to Youth Musical Theatre.

Ms Erica Sarah Maxwell – For services to the Economy and to the community in Northern Ireland.

Miss Jenny Ann McBrien – Patient Advocate. For services to Women Living with Breast Cancer.

Ms Clare McCawley – Victorian Garden Manager, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust. For services to Health and Social Care and to the Community and Voluntary Sector.

Mr Gregory Walter Thompson McKinley – Operations Director, The Gallaher Trust. For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Joyce Montgomery – For services to the community in County Tyrone.

Mrs Audrey Moore – Chair, Friends of Rossmar School. For voluntary services to Special Education.

Mr Maurice Neely – For services to Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland.

Mr Peter Scobie – Head Chef, Queen’s University Belfast. For services to Higher Education.

Mr John Gordon Scott – Serious Crime Exhibits and Property Manager, Police Service of Northern Ireland. For services to Policing.

Mr David Stewart Smallwoods – For services to Local Football.

Miss Jennifer Elizabeth Smyth – For services to Disability Sport.

Mr Samuel Todd – Service Delivery Manager, Bus Service Operations, Translink. For services to Public Transport.

Mrs Ruth Verner – For services to the community in County Antrim.

Mr David Thomas CroweWorkman – For services to Rugby and to Community Relations in Ballynahinch.

King’s Police Medal (KPM

Sergeant Elaine McCabe – Sergeant, Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Inspector Jonathan Anthony McToal – Inspector, Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Sergeant Ronald Dwayne Stewart – Sergeant, Police Service of Northern Ireland.

King’s Fire Service Medal (KFSM)

Mr Patrick Bernard Quinn – Station Commander, Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service.

King’s Ambulance Medal (KAM)

William Mark Cochrane – Assistant Director of Operations, Northern Ireland Ambulance Service.