New Year Honours 2012

This is the New Year Honours List of award recipients published on 31 December 2011.

Northern Ireland recipients

The recipients can be viewed by scrolling down the page or alternatively you can use the following links to access each honour category:

Companions of the Most Honourable Order of Bath (CB)

Mrs Carol Patricia Moore

Lately Director, Justice Policy, Northern Ireland Executive

Dame Commanders of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE)

Professor Judith Eileen Hill CBE

Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Hospice. For services to people receiving palliative care in Northern Ireland.

Commanders of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Mrs Catherine Elizabeth Bell

Deputy Secretary, Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland Executive.

Professor Jack Crane

State Pathologist, Northern Ireland State Pathologist's Department. For services to forensic pathology.

Officers of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Mr David William Best

Director of Finance and Support Services, Police Service of Northern Ireland. For services to policing.

Mr Darren Christopher Clarke

For services to golf.

Mr James Dobson

Managing Director, Dunbia. For services to business in Northern Ireland.

Mr James Stephen Foster

Head of Corporate Real Estate and Sourcing, EMEA, JP Morgan Chase. For services to the financial services industry in Northern Ireland.

Mr David Alexander Gibson

Senior Lecturer, Enterprise Education, Queen's University Belfast. For services to Higher Education in Northern Ireland.

Mr David Dunbar Mawhinney

Managing Director, Equiniti-ICS. For services to the Information and Communications Technology industry in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Fionnuala McAndrew

Director of Children and Executive Director for Social Work, Health and Social Care Board. For services to healthcare in Northern Ireland.

Professor James Andrew McLaughlin

Professor, Advanced Functional Materials, University of Ulster. For services to research and economic development in Northern Ireland.

Reverend Wilfred John Orr

Minister, Newtownbreda (St John’s) Presbyterian Church. For services to the community in Northern Ireland.

Miss Shelagh Rosemary Rainey

Chair, Belfast Education and Library Board. For services to education in Northern Ireland.

The Reverend William Alexander Shaw

Director, 174 Trust. For services to the community in North Belfast.

Ms Joanne Stuart

Director, Attrus Ltd and former Chairman, Institute of Directors, Northern Ireland Division. For services to business in the community.

Members of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Mrs Esther Robina Yvette Anderson

Musical Director, Police Service of Northern Ireland Ladies Choir. For services to music and to the community.

Mr Philip Moore Bolton

Director of Music, Royal Belfast Academical Institution. For services to music in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Beverley Eleanor Ann Burns

Trading Standards Service, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Northern Ireland Civil Service.

Dr Samuel John Burnside

For services to the arts in Northern Ireland.

Dr Linda Margaret Caughley

Consultant Histopathologist. For voluntary services to Northern Ireland Cancer Registry.

Mr Brian Dorman

For voluntary services to children overseas.

Mr Jeffrey Edward Anthony Dudgeon

For services to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Northern Ireland.

Dr Charles Herbert Gerard Gould

Chairman, Board of Governors, Carrickfergus Grammar School. For services to education in Northern Ireland.

Mr Robert James Haughey

For services to the fishing industry in Northern Ireland.

Dr Raman Kapur

Chief Executive, Threshold. For services to people with mental illness in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Eileen May Kenny

Head of Quality, South West College. For services to Further Education in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Lily Kerr

Head of Bargaining and Representation for UNISON. For services to industrial relations in Northern Ireland.

Mr George Gordon Archibald Knowles

Welfare Officer, Disabled Police Officers' Association. For services to the community in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Renée Alice Logan

Volunteer, North West Ulster Group, Institute of Advanced Motorist. For services to road safety in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Flora Magee

For services to the community in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Rosemary Magill

For services to Women’s Aid Antrim, Ballymena, Carrickfergus, Larne and Newtownabbey in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Anne Marie Marley

Respiratory Nurse Consultant, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. For services to healthcare in Northern Ireland.

Mr Henry Irwin Mayne

Social Worker, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. For services to visually impaired people in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Ann McCrea

Breastfeeding Co-ordinator. For services to healthcare in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Patricia McDermott

For services to people with disabilities in Northern Ireland.

Mr Patrick McGonagle

Managing Director of Pakflatt Ltd. For services to economic development in Northern Ireland.

Mr Rory McIlroy

Golfer. For services to sport.

Mr William James McKittrick

For services to the community in Craigavon, Northern Ireland.

Ms Maura Muldoon

For public service.

Mrs Robina Parkes

For services to the community in Northern Ireland.

Mr James Peel JP

Lately Assistant Senior Education Officer, South Eastern Education and Library Board. For services to young people in Northern Ireland.

Alderman John Mervyn Rea

Alderman, Antrim Borough Council. For services to local government and the community.

Mrs Agnes Mary Reilly

Chairman, Belfast Titanic Society. For services to maritime and industrial heritage in Northern Ireland.

Mr David Robinson

Founder, Northern Ireland Transplant Association. For services to healthcare in Northern Ireland.

Mr Robert Moore Robinson

Principal, Rainey Endowed School, Magherafelt. For services to education in Northern Ireland.

Mr Richard Michael Sherry

For services to the publishing industry and to the community in Northern Ireland.

Mr David Smith

Director, Customer Support, South Eastern Regional College, For services to Further Education in Northern Ireland.

Councillor Marion Smith

Councillor, North Down Council. For services to local government in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Eileen Watson

Lately Teacher, Ashfield Girls High School, Belfast. For services to education in Northern Ireland.

Mr Thomas Joseph Welsh

For services to the sport of athletics in Northern Ireland.

Mr John Victor Williamson

Owner, Valley Hotel, Fivemiletown. For services to tourism in Northern Ireland.

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

Ms Kim McCauley

Detective Chief Inspector, Police Service of Northern Ireland

Mr Alexander Penney

Acting Inspector, Police Service of Northern Ireland

Mr Russell Vogan

Sergeant, Police Service of Northern Ireland