{"id":341898,"date":"2025-12-30T00:56:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T00:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/341898\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T00:56:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T00:56:07","slug":"northern-ireland-honours-recipients-include-gymnast-and-security-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/341898\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Ireland honours recipients include gymnast and security guard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Prof Michael Peter Alcorn, professor of music and associate pro vice-chancellor for sustainability and strategic projects, Queen&#8217;s University Belfast. For services to music and higher education and to the creative industries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Annette Elizabeth Beaney. For charitable service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Alison Broderick (Alison Gilchrist), enforcement officer, Trading Standards Service, Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland Civil Service. For public service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Joseph James Brogan, lately head of pharmacy and medicines management, Strategic Planning and Performance Group. For services to pharmacy and to voluntary service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Janice Ann Bunting, chief executive, Victim Support Northern Ireland. For services to victims and witnesses of crime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Julie Erskine, chair, Business Services Organisation. For services to health and social care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Carolyn Phyllis Forster. For services to the community in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dr Kenneth Samuel Gibson, lately director of student and learning services, Stranmillis University College. For services to education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Elizabeth Hamilton, security guard, Stormont Castle. For public service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Paula Jennings. For services to adults with learning difficulties in Northern Ireland<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Alistair Jinks, director business services, Northern Ireland Water. For services to the environment and to the economy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Raymond Michael James Kendall, ward manager, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust. For services to nursing and healthcare for older people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Noel Liggett.  For services to the community in south Belfast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Helen Elise Mark, DL. For services to broadcasting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rhys Joshua McClenaghan, BEM. For services to gymnastics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">James Wallace McConachie, owner, Westbank Group Ltd. For services to the electrical control industry in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dr Marilyn Avril Courtney McMullan (Marilyn Shanks). For services to education in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Elizabeth Anne Meehan, patient demographics service manager, Health and Social Care. For services to healthcare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Christopher Murdock, chair, St John Ambulance Northern Ireland. For voluntary service to St John Ambulance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Margaret Peacock. For services to the community in Coleraine, County Londonderry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Elizabeth Agnes Purdy, business support officer, Education Authority Northern Ireland. For services to education and to the Girls Brigade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">William Desmond Scott, founder and chair, Scott and Ewing Ltd and Woodvale Construction Ltd. For services to Construction in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Donald James Millar Starritt, head road safety policy, Department for Infrastructure, Northern Ireland Civil Service. For services to road safety and to environmental protection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Richard Elliott Wright, lately police superintendent. 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