Birthday Honours 2025

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Mr Peter William May         

Lately Permanent Secretary, Department of Health, Northern Ireland Civil Service. For public service.

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Mrs Christine Anne Smith

Chair, Urology Services Inquiry. For services to public inquiries in Northern Ireland.

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Ms Victoria Anne Barnett

Chief Executive, Danske Bank UK. For services to the economy in Northern Ireland.

Dr Veronica Barbara Holland

Lately Head of Violence Against the Person Branch, Department of Justice, Northern Ireland Civil Service. For public service.

Mr Paul Thomas Keith Holmes

Senior Director of Investigations, Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland. For services to public service.

Ms Roslyn Elizabeth McMullan

For services to mental health and wellbeing in the dentistry profession in Northern Ireland.

Mr Terence Edward Pateman

Chair, Northern Amateur Football League. For services to grassroots sport and to community relations.

Mr Richard Taylor

Governor, Northern Ireland Prison Service. For public service.

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Mr Norman Marshall Allen

For service to education in Portadown, County Armagh.

Mr Neil Booth

For services to lawn bowls.

Reverend Canon Samuel Robert Thomas Boyd

Rector, Glendermott Parish, Diocese of Derry and Raphoe. For services to the community in County Tyrone and County Londonderry.

Mr Richard Brown

Inspector, Police Service of Northern Ireland. For public service.

Miss Catherine Jean Burke

Lately Head, Musculoskeletal Services Occupational Health and Wellbeing, Police Service of Northern Ireland. For services to health and wellbeing.

Mrs Winifred Elizabeth Coulter-Sloan

For services to disability sport.

Mr Samuel Crowe

For services to the community in County Antrim.

Mrs Joanne Currie

Principal, Cairnshill Integrated Primary School. For services to education and to the community in South Belfast.

Miss Edith Roberta Dalton

Principal, Head of Historical Institutional Abuse Implementation Branch, The Executive Office, Northern Ireland Civil Service. For services to victims and survivors of Historical Institutional Abuse in Northern Ireland.

Ms Jennifer Donnan

Hospice Palliative Care Nurse. For services to palliative care in Northern Ireland.

Dr Elizabeth Jean Donnelly

Lead Nurse Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. For services to nursing and health and social care.

Mr Michael Dunlop

For services to motorcycle racing.

Mr Robert William Patrick Dunne

Volunteer Treasurer, Veterans’ Housing Scotland. For services to veterans.

Professor Peter Raymond Flatt

Professor of Biomedical Sciences and Head of Diabetes Research, Ulster University. For services to diabetes research.

Dr Anne Bernadette Mary Friel

Lately Head of Pharmacy and Medicines Management, Western Trust. For services to pharmacy in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Ingrid Aileen Hannaway

For services to the Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme in Northern Ireland.

Mr James Desmond Hill

Lately Clerk, County Londonderry Lieutenancy. For services to the community in County Londonderry.

Mrs Elaine Sorca Kennedy

Chair, Board of Governors, Fivemiletown College. For services to education in Northern Ireland.

Dr Maria Stephenson Lacey

For services to the arts in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Margaret Petrina Mathieson     

Staff Officer, Department of Finance, Northern Ireland Civil Service. For voluntary services to athletics in Northern Ireland.

Mr James Anthony McGinn               

Managing Director, Hastings Hotels. For services to hospitality and tourism in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Margaret Anne McManus          

Fundraiser. For services to the Deafblind community in Northern Ireland.

Mr David Ekin Millar

For services to business and to the community in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Fiona Elizabeth Morrison

Outreach Officer, Blesma, The Limbless Veterans. For services to veterans and their families in Northern Ireland.

Mr Donald Morrow

Head of Dairy, Pigs, Poultry and Crops Branch, College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise, Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs. For services to the agriculture industry and to scouting in Northern Ireland.

Mr Michael Joseph Mulholland        

Deputy Principal, Historical Institutional Abuse Implementation Branch, The Executive Office, Northern Ireland Civil Service. For services to victims and survivors of Historical Institutional Abuse in Northern Ireland.

Mr Gary Anthony Nicolas  

For services to Emergency Search and Rescue Service and to adults with special needs and disabilities in Northern Ireland.

Ms Jennifer Pogue             

Principal, Arellian Nursery School, Belfast. For services to early years education.

Mrs Elizabeth Anne Smith 

For services to the community in County Tyrone.

Mr George Ussher              

For services to the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association.

Professor Louise Adele Walker       

Foundation Dean, School of Medicine, Ulster University. For services to general practice and medical education.

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

Mrs Lorraine Denise Armstrong

Administrative Officer, Labour Relations Agency. For services to employment relations in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Teresa Duncan

For services to the community in Magherafelt, County Londonderry.

Mr Robert John Gibson

For services to the community in County Londonderry.

Mrs Mabel Greaves

For services to young families in County Fermanagh.

Mrs Janice Greer

Volunteer, Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Foundation. For services to the Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Foundation.

Mr Haydn Charles Hassard

For services to older people in Northern Ireland.

Mr William Norman Wilson Irwin

For services to the community in Coleraine, County Londonderry.

Mrs Heather Kelso

Lately Leader, Kilrea Community Early Years Playgroup. For services to early years education.

Dr John Bernard Keith Kerr

For services to the community in County Londonderry.

Ms Kathryn MacKenzie

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

Mrs Winifred Ann Magowan

For services to the community in County Tyrone.

Mr Noel Maxwell

Driver, Northern Ireland Civil Service. For public service and charitable work in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Lorraine Ann McCann

Management Side Officer, Education Authority. For services to education and to volunteering.

Mr Jeffrey William Joseph McClure

Lately Emergency Planning Officer, Northern Ireland Ambulance Service. For services to emergency planning.

Mr Wesley McDowell

Chaplain, Northern Ireland Prison Service. For services to prisoners and their families in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Elizabeth Norah McGrath

Service Improvement Manager, Southern Health and Social Care Trust. For services to suicide prevention in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Christine Ruth McKeeman

Lately Unit Catering Supervisor, Straidbilly Primary School. For services to education in Northern Ireland.

Mr Marcus David Wallace Nutt

Hospital Volunteer, Western Health and Social Care Trust. For services to volunteering in Northern Ireland.

Mr Terence Stewart Smith

For services to music development in Londonderry.

Mrs Clara Smyth

For services to fundraising in Northern Ireland.

Miss Joan Elizabeth Smith

Administrative officer, Police Service of Northern Ireland. For services to policing.

Mrs Jean Stewart

For services to music in Lisburn, County Antrim.

Mr Trevor Watson

Part-time Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland. For services to policing.

Wing Commander Richard Noel Williams

For services to the veteran community in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Clara Rachel Wilson

For services to music in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Emily Wilson

Volunteer, Alzheimer's Society and Chair, Dementia Friendly North Belfast. For services to people living with dementia in Northern Ireland.

King’s Police Medal (KPM)

Mr Stephen George Dickson            

Constable, PSNI. For services to policing in Northern Ireland.

Mr Thomas Johnston         

Sergeant, PSNI. For services to policing and to the community in Northern Ireland.

Mr Dennis Kirk

Constable, PSNI. For services to policing in Northern Ireland.

King’s Ambulance Medal (KAM)

Mr Kieran Joseph Devine  

Duty Manager, Emergency Operations Centre, Northern Ireland Ambulance Service.