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New Year 2008 Honours List

• Dr Patrick Hugh Haren,

  Deputy Chairman, Viridian Group Ltd. For services to the Electricity Industry in Northern Ireland.  (Belfast)

• Mr Nigel Hamilton,

  Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service.  (Belfast)

• Mr Samuel Thomas Kelly,

  Lately Prime Minister's Official Spokesman, Prime Minister's Office.  (Coleraine, Co Londonderry)

• Mr David Alexander Lavery,

  Director-General, Northern Ireland Court Service, Ministry of Justice.  (Lisburn, Co Antrim)

• Mrs Nuala Patricia O'Loan,

  Lately Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.  For public service.  (Ballymena, Co Antrim)

• Mrs Eileen Bell,

  Lately Presiding Officer (Speaker), Northern Ireland Assembly.  For public service.  (Bangor, Co Down)

• Ms Evelyn Collins,

  Chief Executive, Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.  For public service.  (Belfast)

• Dr Thomas Jude Frawley,

  For public services in Northern Ireland.  (Londonderry)

• Mr Dennis Godfrey,

  Lately Grade 5, Northern Ireland Office.  (Belfast)

• Mr Partick McCartan,

  Chair, Labour Relations Agency. For services to Employment Relations in Northern Ireland.  (Bangor, Co Down)

• Dr Edith Maureen Sarah Edmondson,

  Chair, Northern Ireland Food Advisory Committee, Food Standards Agency. For public service.  (Newtownards, Co Down)

• Mr Robert Alan Gilmore,

  Lately Chief Executive Banbridge District Council.  For services to Local Government in Northern Ireland.  (Banbridge, Co Down)

• Dr Maeve Kyle,

  Chair, Coaching Northern Ireland.  For services to Athletics.  (Ballymena, Co Antrim)

• Dr Alan Charles Richard Lennon,

  Lately Chair, Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment.  For services to Education in Northern Ireland.  (Ballynahinch, Co Down)

• Mrs Michele Marie Marken,

  Principal, St Joseph's College, Belfast.  For services to Education.  (Belfast)

• Mr Robert Duncan McCausland,

  For public service.  (Belfast)

• Dr Philip Gordon McClements,

  Chief Medical Adviser, Northern Ireland Prison Service.  For services to Healthcare.  (Newtownards, Co Down)

• Mr Bernard McGuigan,

  Head of Estate Management, Northern Ireland Office.  (Lurgan, Co Armagh)

• Professor Treen Carson Michael Morris,

  Consultant Haematologist, Belfast City Hospital.  For services to Medicine in Northern Ireland.  (Larne, Co Antrim)

• Mr Maurice Patterson,

  Head, Eastern Regional Office, Invest NI, Northern Ireland Executive.  (Belfast)

• Mr Samuel Ross Reed,

  Lately Belfast Harbour Commissioner.  For services to the Maritime Industry.  (Belfast)

• The Reverend Paul Symonds,

  For services to Community Relations in Northern Ireland.  (Newtownabbey, Co Antrim)

• Mrs Janice Tracey,

  Chief Executive, Londonderry Chamber of Commerce and Member, Northern Ireland Higher Education Council.  For services to the Economy and to Education.  (Claudy, Co Londonderry)

• Mr Stanley William Booth,

  For public service.  (Belfast)

• Mr Martin Bradley,

  Lately Vice-Chairman, Arts Council of Northern Ireland.  For services to the Arts.  (Londonderry)

• Mrs Rosemary Jean Elizabeth Brittain,

  Lately Principal, Dundonald Primary School.  For services to Education in Northern Ireland.  (Newtownards, Co Down)

• Mrs Annie Elizabeth Chambers,

  Chair, Mourne Hospice Support Group.  For charitable services.  (Newry, Co Down)

• Mr Francis John Clegg,

  Acting General Manager, Translink Bus Services.  For services to Public Transport in Northern Ireland.  (Bangor, Co Down)

• Mr Fred Cobain MLA,

  For public service in Northern Ireland.  (Carrickfergus, Co Antrim)

• Mrs Evelyn Ann Collins,

  Director, Shopmobility Belfast and Chair, Shopmobility Northern Ireland.  For services to Disabled People.  (Newtownabbey, Co Antrim)

• Mrs Gladys Copeland,

  For services to the Credit Union Movement in Northern Ireland.  (Belfast)

• Mr James Wilson Currie,

  For services to Economic Development and to Young People through the Every Boy's Rally in Northern Ireland.  (Lisburn, Co Antrim)

• Mr John Ingram Davies,

  For services to War Pensioners in Northern Ireland.  (Moira, Co Armagh)

• Mr Norman Dodds,

  For services to Pipe Band Music in Northern Ireland.  (Ballymena, Co Antrim)

• Mr Mervyn Dunlop,

  For services to the Cheers Youth Centre, Ballymoney, Northern Ireland.  (Ballymoney, Co Antrim)

• Mr Henry David Friar,

  For services to the community in Sion Mills, Strabane, Northern Ireland.  (Strabane, Co Tyrone)

• Ms Mary Fusco,

  Foyer Manager, Flax Housing Association Limited.  For services to Social Housing in Northern Ireland.  (Belfast)

• Mrs Barbara Siobhan Gillespie,

  Probation Officer.  For services to the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland.  (Belfast)

• Mr Thomas Alfred Gorringe,

  For services to the Police in Northern Ireland.  (Tandragee, Co Armagh)

• The Reverend David Selwoode Graham,

  Chair, North Eastern Education and Library Board.  For services to Education in Northern Ireland.  (Castlerock, Co Londonderry)

• Ms Christine Marlene Hagen,

  Lately Finance and Development Manager, Newtownards Road Women's Group Ltd.  For services to the community in East Belfast.  (Belfast)

• Mrs Dorothy Ann Rebecca Hegarty,

  For services to Deaf People in Northern Ireland.  (Dungiven, Co Londonderry)

• Mr Dominic Henry,

  Senior Education Officer, Northern Ireland Office.  (Belfast)

• Mrs Therese Hughes,

  Hairdresser, Macmillan Support and Information Centre, Belfast City Hospital.  For services to Healthcare.  (Rostrevor, Co Down)

• Mr Thomas William Johnston JP,

  For services to Economic Regeneration and to the community in Armagh, Northern Ireland (Armagh)

• Mr Henry Craig Madill,

  For services to Maritime Heritage in Northern Ireland.  (Craigavon, Co Armagh)

• Mr George Mawhinney,

  For services to the Scouts in Northern Ireland.  (Newtownards, Co Down)

• Mrs Elizabeth Mary McCauley,

  For services to the Royal British Legion.  (Armagh)

• Mr William Greer McDowell,

  For charitable services in Northern Ireland.  (Ballymena, Co Antrim)

• Mr Ronald Joseph McFall,

  For services to Football and to the community in Northern Ireland.  (Portadown, Co Armagh)

• Miss Brigid McLaughlin,

  Lately Ward Sister, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry.  For services to Healthcare in Northern Ireland.  (Buncrana, Co Donegal)

• Mrs Anne Rossiter McMurray,

  Managing Director, Anne McMurray Consulting Ltd.  For services to Women's Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.  (Belfast)

• Mrs Frances Roberta Orr,

  Executive Officer, Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Foundation, Northern Ireland Office.  (Holywood, Co Down)

• Mr Harold Patterson JP,

  For services to Young People and to the community in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.  (Lisburn, Co Antrim)

• Mrs Bronach Priestly,

  Administrative Officer, Northern Ireland Court Service, Ministry of Justice.  (Belfast)

• Mrs Rachel Rea,

  Councillor, Larne Borough Council.  For services to Local Government in Northern Ireland.  (Ballymena, Co Antrim)

• Mr George Robinson,

  For services to the Royal British Legion.  (Newtownards, Co Down)

• Mr Thomas Rodgers,

  Chair, Simon Community Northern Ireland Corporate Committee.  For services to Homeless People.  (Newtownards, Co Down)

• Mrs Audrey June Rosier,

  Voluntary Classroom Assistant, Cedar Integrated Primary School.  For services to Education in Northern Ireland.  (Downpatrick, Co Down)

• Miss Margaret Scullion,

  Head, Welfare and Corporate Services, Occupational Health Service, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland Executive.  (Newcastle, Co Down)

• The Reverend Canon Ernest John Heatley Shepherd,

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

• Mrs Shirley Eva Simpson,

  Accommodation Manager, Service Delivery Group, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Northern Ireland Executive.  (Dungannon, Co Tyrone)

• Mr William John Stewart,

  Chef de Mission, Commonwealth Games.  For services to Sport in Northern Ireland.  (Belfast)

• Mr Gerry Storey,

  For services to Boxing in Northern Ireland.  (Belfast)

• Mr James Norman Culbert Walsh,

  For services to Bee Keeping in Northern Ireland.  (Hillsborough, Co Down)

• Mrs Elizabeth Ward,

  For services to Deaf and Hard of Hearing People in Northern Ireland.  (Londonderry)

• Mr Stephen Wilson,

  For public service.  (Belfast)

• Mr Milton Kerr ,

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

• Mr Richard Adam Russell,

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

• Mr Terence Patrick Shevlin,

  Superintendent, Police Service of Northern Ireland.  (Belfast)