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New Year 2009 Honours List

Commanders Of The Civil Division Of The Most Excellent Order Of The British Empire (CBE)

Officers Of The Civil Division Of The Most Excellent Order Of The British Empire (OBE)

Members Of The Civil Division Of The Most Excellent Order Of The British Empire (MBE)

Queen’s Police Medal (QPM)

Queen’s Fire Service Medal (QFSM)

Commanders Of The Civil Division Of The Most Excellent Order Of The British Empire (CBE)

Dr John Gordon Jenkins

Consultant Paediatrician, Waveney and Antrim Hospitals.  For services to Medicine in Northern Ireland. (Ballymena, Co Antrim)

Mr John MacQuarrie

Lately Deputy Ombudsman, Office of the Assembly Ombudsman, Northern Ireland.  For public and voluntary service.  (Carrickfergus, Co Antrim)

Mr Leslie Porter Murray

Chairman, Tidy Northern Ireland and lately Chairman ARENA Network.  For services to the Environment.  (Newtownards, Co Down)

Mr Anthony Watson

Chairman,Strategic Investment Board Limited.  For services to Economic Development in Northern Ireland.  (Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire)

Officers Of The Civil Division Of The Most Excellent Order Of The British Empire (OBE)

Ms Caroline Elizabeth Breakley

For services to Rural and Community Development in Northern Ireland.  (Craigavon, Co Armagh)

Miss Ann Irene Duddy

Director of Nursing, Altnagelvin Hospital Trust.  For services to Healthcare in Northern Ireland and Overseas.  (Portstewart, Co Londonderry)

Mrs Catherine Gilchrist

Lately Head of Civil Service Pensions, Department of Finance and Personnel, Northern Ireland Executive. For public and voluntary service.  (Londonderry)

Ms Rosemary Kelly

Chairman, Arts Council of Northern Ireland.  For services to the Arts. (Carrickfergus, Co Antrim)

Mr John Anthony Lockett

Lately Principal, Grosvenor Grammar School, Belfast. For services to Education in Northern Ireland.  (Lisburn, Co Antrim)

Mr John Logan

Principal Scientific Officer, Forensic Science Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Office.  (Belfast)

Mr Brian McCargo QPM

For services to Sport and to the Special Olympics in Northern Ireland.  (Belfast)

Dr Sally Sarah Jane Montgomery

For services to the Science Discovery Centre in Northern Ireland.  (Castlewellan, Co Down)

Mrs Rosaleen Moore

For public service in Northern Ireland.  (Newry, Co Down)

Mr William James Poole

For services to Economic Development in Northern Ireland.  (Ballynahinch, Co Down)

Mrs Elizabeth Brown Porter

Chief Librarian, South Eastern Education and Library Board.  For services to Local Government in Northern Ireland.  (Ballynahinch, Co Down)

Mr Peter James Rankin

Legal Advisor, Belfast Buildings Preservation Trust. For voluntary service to Heritage in Northern Ireland.  (Ballynahinch, Co Down)

Mr Trevor Kenneth Salmon

City Treasurer, Belfast City Council.  For services to Local Government.  (Bangor, Co Down)

Mr Thomas Scott

Chairman, Greater Shankill Partnership.  For services to the Community in Northern Ireland.  (Newtownabbey, Co Antrim)

Mr Brian Wentworth Sinnamon

Business Manager, Judicial Services Group, Northern Ireland Court Service, Ministry of Justice.  For public and voluntary service. (Belfast)

Members Of The Civil Division Of The Most Excellent Order Of The British Empire (MBE)

Mr Robert Brian Bloomfield

For voluntary service to Rugby Union in Northern Ireland. (Belfast)

Mrs Christine Boyle

Managing Director, Lawell Asphalt Roofing.  For services to Women's Enterprises in Northern Ireland.  (Belfast)

Mr Christopher Buckland

For voluntary service to the British Red Cross Society in Northern Ireland.  (Moira, Co Armagh)

Mr William Tinsley Cairns

For services to Music in Northern Ireland.  (Carrickfergus, Co Antrim)

Mr John Francis Carberry

Training Officer, Royal National Institute for the Deaf.  For services to the community in Northern Ireland. (Newtownabbey, Co Antrim)

Mr Gordon Blakley Cave

Chair, Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast Liver Support Group.  For charitable services to Healthcare.  (Bangor, Co Down)

Alderman Cecil James Cousley

For services to the Boys' Brigade and to Local Government in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland. (Ballymoney, Co Antrim)

Mr Timothy John Craig

For public service.  (Belfast)

Mr George Creighton

For services to Biomedical Research in Northern Ireland.  (Lisburn, Co Antrim)

Mr Thomas Creighton

Chair, Northern Health and Social Services Council.  For services to Social Care in Northern Ireland.  (Carrickfergus, Co Antrim)

Mrs Joyce Crossan

For public service.  (Craigavon)

Dr John Fitzroy Gillespie JP DL

For voluntary service to Horse Racing in Northern Ireland.  (Armagh)

Mrs Maureen Gordon

For services to Social Work and to the Voluntary Sector in Northern Ireland.  (Newtownabbey, Co Antrim)

Mr Harold James Green

Chief Road Safety Officer, Road Safety Division, Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland Executive.  For public and voluntary service.  (Lurgan, Co Armagh)

Mrs Patricia Grindle

Principal, Mitchell House Special School. For services to Special Needs Education in Northern Ireland.  (Bangor, Co Down)

Dr William Henry Grindle

For services to Music in Northern Ireland.  (Belfast)

Mr Robert Denis Guiler

For voluntary service to People with Learning Difficulties in Northern Ireland.  (Belfast)

Mr Kenneth Henning

For public service.  (Belfast)

Mr John Herbert Kirkpatrick

For voluntary service to the RAF Association.  (Larne, Co Antrim)

Mr Michael Gabriel Lynch

Chair, Larne Citizens' Advice Bureau.  For services to the Community in Northern Ireland.  (Larne, Co Antrim)

Mr Seamus Aidan McCann

Staff Officer Mental Health Unit, Social Policy Group, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland Executive.  For public and voluntary service.  (Castlewellan, Co Down)

Mrs Margaret Mary McGoran

For voluntary service to the Catholic Guide Movement in Northern Ireland.  (Downpatrick, Co Down)

Mr Malachy Peter McKernan

Deputy Principal, Energy Division. Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Northern Ireland Executive.  For public and voluntary service.  (Lurgan, Co Armagh)

Mrs Ann Morgan

Branch Manager, Bessbrook Library.  For services to Local Government in Northern Ireland.  (Newry, Co Down)

Miss Primrose Cherry Nixon

Complaints Liaison Officer, PAYE and Self Assessment, Belfast, HM Revenue and Customs.  (Crumlin, Co Antrim)

Mr Henry Desmond Kelly Phillips

For voluntary service to the community in Northern Ireland.  (Crumlin, Co Antrim)

Mr Trevor Maxwell Ringland

For services to the community in Northern Ireland.  (Holywood, Co Down)

Mrs Veronica Rowland

Cook Manager, St Joseph's Boys High School, Newry.  For services to Education in Northern Ireland.  (Newry, Co Down)

Mrs Eilish Steele

For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Northern Ireland.  (Antrim)

Mr William Mitchell Tate

Principal, Belvoir Park Primary School, Belfast.  For services to Education in Northern Ireland.  (Craigavon, Co Armagh)

Mr Ping-ka Andrew Wong JP

For services to the Chinese community in Northern Ireland.  (Belfast)

Mr Michael William Young

Chair, Institute of Northern Ireland Beekeepers.  For voluntary service to Apiculture and to Conservation. (Hillsborough, Co Down)

Queen’s Police Medal (QPM)

Mr Desmond Peter Austin

Lately Chief Inspector, Police Service of Northern Ireland.  (Belfast)

Mr Philip Anthony James

Detective Superintendent, Police Service of Northern Ireland.  (Belfast)

Ms Christine McCullough

Detective Superintendent, Police Service of Northern Ireland.  (Belfast)

Queen’s Fire Service Medal (QFSM)

Mr Eoin Doyle

Area Commander, Western Area Command, Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service.  (Cookstown, Co Tyrone)