ULSTER RECIPIENTS OF NEW YEAR HONOURS
ULSTER RECIPIENTS OF NEW YEAR HONOURS
PART of the New Year Honours list in yesterday's editions of the Belfast Telegraph was incorrect. We apologise for any embarrassment this may have caused. The full list is as follows.
KNIGHTS BACHELOR
Reginald Empey, OBE Member, Belfast City Council. For Political and Public Service. Mr Empey is one of the Ulster Unionist Party's chief negotiators and was Belfast Lord Mayor on two occasions.
Born in 1947, he was educated at Royal School, Armagh and Queen's University Belfast.
OBE
Ronald Flanagan. Chief Constable, Royal Ulster Constabulary. For services to the Police. Mr Flanagan (46) took up office as Chief Constable in November 1996. He joined the RUC in 1970 and served as a constable and sergeant in Belfast in uniform and CID.
He holds BA and MA degrees and was awarded the OBE in the 1996 New Years Honours List.
CB
Jeremy John Moore Harbison. For Public Service.
CBE
Patrick Alphonsus Bradley, For Services to the Electoral Process.
As chief electoral-officer, Mr Bradley runs the invisible machinery of government responsible" for the province's elections. He has also set up ballots in Bosnia, Bulgaria, Armenia and the Republic of Georgia. Educated at St Columb's College in Londonderry, he became deputy electoral officer in 1974 before being elected to his current post in May 1980.
Sean Curran, For Public Service.
Professor John Ashton Dodge For Services to Children's Health.
Born in Cardiff and educated at the Welsh National School of Medicine, Professor Dodge came to the the Nuffield Department of Child Health at QUB in 1985 after posts in Wales, the United States, Scotland and England.
Walter Kenneth Lindsay. For Public Service.
Ann Forrest Shaw. For Services to Occupational Health and Safety.
Mrs Shaw was re-appointed by Baroness demon in 1996 to the post of chairman of the Health and Safety Agency for Northern Ireland. A member of a prominent Northern Ireland business and farming family, she has been involved since 1967 in the agri-business sector.
OBE
Joseph Bell. For services to Sea Cadet Corps.
George Alan Cooper. For services to Civil Engineering.
A partner with engineering consultants Ferguson and Mcllveen, Mr Cooper has worked on a variety of projects in Ulster, the Republic and the United Arab Emirates.
A graduate of Queen's University, he was appointed a Panel 1 engineer in 1985, qualifying him to work on all large dams within the UK.
Marie Frances Therese Finnegan. For Public Service.
George Richardson Irwin,DL. For services to the Shipping Industry.
Dr Donal Arthur John Keegan, consultant physi-dan. For services to Rehabilitation Services.
Ronald David Kelts. For services to Banking and to the Community.
The former chief executive of Ulster Bank retired from high finance in April to take up the helm at the Northern Ireland Film Commission.
The 59-year-old Queen's University graduate had devoted almost 40 years to the financial and banking sector.
John Jerome McCormack. For service to the Community.
John McKinney, Clerk and Chief Executive, Omagh District Council. For community leadership during the worst atrocity of the Troubles, the Omagh bomb on August 15. Mr McKinney has been involved in local government since 1974, as chief finance officer for Omagh District Council and town clerk of Strabane Council.
Joanna McVey. For services to the Community.
Appointed chair of the rural Development council in November 1998. Based in Cookstown, the RDC provides a range of services which aim to meet the challenges faced by groups and organisations in rural areas.
Dr Clive John McLean Russell. For services to the Medical Profession.
Pearl Sagar. For services to the Community and to Women's Issues.
Mrs Sagar founded the Women's Coalition along with Monica McWilliams in 1996 and within weeks they had picked up 7,731 votes for the Forum.
MBE
William Gerald Blaney. For services to the Fire Service.
Albert Brown. For services to the Rehabilitation of Offenders.
Thomas Joseph Calvert. Lately Investigation Manager, HM Board of Inland Revenue.
David Alexander Carson. For services to the Police.
Thomas George Cherry. For public service.
William Thomas Collins. For services to Electrical Engineering.
John Dalzell. For services to the Community.
John Alexander Dalzell. For services to Tourism and to Amateur Golf.
William Edward Daniel. For services to the Police.
Peter Dickinson. For public service.
Henry Fletcher, JP. For services to the Environment and to the Community.
Samuel Gamble. School caretaker. For services to education.
Alison Margaret Harbison. For services to Farming.
Etta Jennings. For services to sufferers of Agoraphobia.
George McClean Kennedy. For services to the Police.
Maurice Leitch. For services to Literature. He has long been recognised as one of Ireland's finest fiction writers.
Born in Muckamore in 1933, he grew up in Templepatrick and was educated at Methody and Stranmillis College.
After teaching for six years, he worked as a producer at the BBC in Belfast where the novelist, the late Sam Hanna Bell, was his literary mentor.
John Alfred Magowan. QGM. For services to the Police.
Philip Marshall. For services to the Police
Hilda McDonald. For services to the Police.
Charlotte McGrath. For services to Elderly People and to the Community.
Ronald Gerald Patrick McMullan. For services to Pharmacy.
Susan Mary Millar. For services to the Police.
Mary Geraldine Murray. For Public Service.
Colette Rose Neill. Higher Executive Officer. Ministry of Defence
William A Nutt. For services to Motorcycling.
Francis O'Kane. For services to the Community.
Moira O'Neill. For services to Tourism
Mrs O'Neill has spent more than 50 years in the hotel industry and was a board member of the NI Tourist Board for ten years.
She runs the Londonderry Arms Hotel in Carnlough, which has the longest single family ownership in the province.
William Bamford O'Neill. Farmer. For services to Angling and to Tourism.
Eileen Frances Patterson. For Public Service.
May Phillips. For services to Parent Counselling.
Beatrice Elizabeth Quinn. For services to the Counselling of the Families of Prisoners and for the Victims of Crime.
Hugh Reynolds. For services to the British Red Cross Society.
Norman Lloyd Richardson. For services to Education and to the Community.
Joan Sheeran. For services to Primary Education.
Gerald Wilson Sillery. For services to the Police.
Gerald Victor Smyth. For Charitable services.
Sarah Elizabeth Stewart. For services to People with Learning Disabilities.
James Swanston. For services to the Police.
Sydney Talbot. For Public Service.
Kay Trolan. For services to Mentally and Physically Disabled Young People.
Robert Norman Walmsley. For services to the Police.
James Erskine Weir. For services to Youth Football.
William Weir. For charitable services to the Community.
Mairead Aine White. For services to Community Regeneration.
Adam James Wilson, JP. For services to Further Education.
Desmond Wesley Scott Wright. Ploughing tutor and judge. For services to Agriculture - A former civil servant with the Department of Agriculture, Mr Wright, a member of a well-known ploughing family has won the coveted Golden Plough World championship on no less than two occasions.
QPM
Superintendent Bernard Fitzpatrick. Royal Ulster Constabulary.
Detective Inspector William Dougan Kyle. Royal Ulster Constabulary.
PART of the New Year Honours list in yesterday's editions of the Belfast Telegraph was incorrect. We apologise for any embarrassment this may have caused. The full list is as follows.
KNIGHTS BACHELOR
Reginald Empey, OBE Member, Belfast City Council. For Political and Public Service. Mr Empey is one of the Ulster Unionist Party's chief negotiators and was Belfast Lord Mayor on two occasions.
Born in 1947, he was educated at Royal School, Armagh and Queen's University Belfast.
OBE
Ronald Flanagan. Chief Constable, Royal Ulster Constabulary. For services to the Police. Mr Flanagan (46) took up office as Chief Constable in November 1996. He joined the RUC in 1970 and served as a constable and sergeant in Belfast in uniform and CID.
He holds BA and MA degrees and was awarded the OBE in the 1996 New Years Honours List.
CB
Jeremy John Moore Harbison. For Public Service.
CBE
Patrick Alphonsus Bradley, For Services to the Electoral Process.
As chief electoral-officer, Mr Bradley runs the invisible machinery of government responsible" for the province's elections. He has also set up ballots in Bosnia, Bulgaria, Armenia and the Republic of Georgia. Educated at St Columb's College in Londonderry, he became deputy electoral officer in 1974 before being elected to his current post in May 1980.
Sean Curran, For Public Service.
Professor John Ashton Dodge For Services to Children's Health.
Born in Cardiff and educated at the Welsh National School of Medicine, Professor Dodge came to the the Nuffield Department of Child Health at QUB in 1985 after posts in Wales, the United States, Scotland and England.
Walter Kenneth Lindsay. For Public Service.
Ann Forrest Shaw. For Services to Occupational Health and Safety.
Mrs Shaw was re-appointed by Baroness demon in 1996 to the post of chairman of the Health and Safety Agency for Northern Ireland. A member of a prominent Northern Ireland business and farming family, she has been involved since 1967 in the agri-business sector.
OBE
Joseph Bell. For services to Sea Cadet Corps.
George Alan Cooper. For services to Civil Engineering.
A partner with engineering consultants Ferguson and Mcllveen, Mr Cooper has worked on a variety of projects in Ulster, the Republic and the United Arab Emirates.
A graduate of Queen's University, he was appointed a Panel 1 engineer in 1985, qualifying him to work on all large dams within the UK.
Marie Frances Therese Finnegan. For Public Service.
George Richardson Irwin,DL. For services to the Shipping Industry.
Dr Donal Arthur John Keegan, consultant physi-dan. For services to Rehabilitation Services.
Ronald David Kelts. For services to Banking and to the Community.
The former chief executive of Ulster Bank retired from high finance in April to take up the helm at the Northern Ireland Film Commission.
The 59-year-old Queen's University graduate had devoted almost 40 years to the financial and banking sector.
John Jerome McCormack. For service to the Community.
John McKinney, Clerk and Chief Executive, Omagh District Council. For community leadership during the worst atrocity of the Troubles, the Omagh bomb on August 15. Mr McKinney has been involved in local government since 1974, as chief finance officer for Omagh District Council and town clerk of Strabane Council.
Joanna McVey. For services to the Community.
Appointed chair of the rural Development council in November 1998. Based in Cookstown, the RDC provides a range of services which aim to meet the challenges faced by groups and organisations in rural areas.
Dr Clive John McLean Russell. For services to the Medical Profession.
Pearl Sagar. For services to the Community and to Women's Issues.
Mrs Sagar founded the Women's Coalition along with Monica McWilliams in 1996 and within weeks they had picked up 7,731 votes for the Forum.
MBE
William Gerald Blaney. For services to the Fire Service.
Albert Brown. For services to the Rehabilitation of Offenders.
Thomas Joseph Calvert. Lately Investigation Manager, HM Board of Inland Revenue.
David Alexander Carson. For services to the Police.
Thomas George Cherry. For public service.
William Thomas Collins. For services to Electrical Engineering.
John Dalzell. For services to the Community.
John Alexander Dalzell. For services to Tourism and to Amateur Golf.
William Edward Daniel. For services to the Police.
Peter Dickinson. For public service.
Henry Fletcher, JP. For services to the Environment and to the Community.
Samuel Gamble. School caretaker. For services to education.
Alison Margaret Harbison. For services to Farming.
Etta Jennings. For services to sufferers of Agoraphobia.
George McClean Kennedy. For services to the Police.
Maurice Leitch. For services to Literature. He has long been recognised as one of Ireland's finest fiction writers.
Born in Muckamore in 1933, he grew up in Templepatrick and was educated at Methody and Stranmillis College.
After teaching for six years, he worked as a producer at the BBC in Belfast where the novelist, the late Sam Hanna Bell, was his literary mentor.
John Alfred Magowan. QGM. For services to the Police.
Philip Marshall. For services to the Police
Hilda McDonald. For services to the Police.
Charlotte McGrath. For services to Elderly People and to the Community.
Ronald Gerald Patrick McMullan. For services to Pharmacy.
Susan Mary Millar. For services to the Police.
Mary Geraldine Murray. For Public Service.
Colette Rose Neill. Higher Executive Officer. Ministry of Defence
William A Nutt. For services to Motorcycling.
Francis O'Kane. For services to the Community.
Moira O'Neill. For services to Tourism
Mrs O'Neill has spent more than 50 years in the hotel industry and was a board member of the NI Tourist Board for ten years.
She runs the Londonderry Arms Hotel in Carnlough, which has the longest single family ownership in the province.
William Bamford O'Neill. Farmer. For services to Angling and to Tourism.
Eileen Frances Patterson. For Public Service.
May Phillips. For services to Parent Counselling.
Beatrice Elizabeth Quinn. For services to the Counselling of the Families of Prisoners and for the Victims of Crime.
Hugh Reynolds. For services to the British Red Cross Society.
Norman Lloyd Richardson. For services to Education and to the Community.
Joan Sheeran. For services to Primary Education.
Gerald Wilson Sillery. For services to the Police.
Gerald Victor Smyth. For Charitable services.
Sarah Elizabeth Stewart. For services to People with Learning Disabilities.
James Swanston. For services to the Police.
Sydney Talbot. For Public Service.
Kay Trolan. For services to Mentally and Physically Disabled Young People.
Robert Norman Walmsley. For services to the Police.
James Erskine Weir. For services to Youth Football.
William Weir. For charitable services to the Community.
Mairead Aine White. For services to Community Regeneration.
Adam James Wilson, JP. For services to Further Education.
Desmond Wesley Scott Wright. Ploughing tutor and judge. For services to Agriculture - A former civil servant with the Department of Agriculture, Mr Wright, a member of a well-known ploughing family has won the coveted Golden Plough World championship on no less than two occasions.
QPM
Superintendent Bernard Fitzpatrick. Royal Ulster Constabulary.
Detective Inspector William Dougan Kyle. Royal Ulster Constabulary.
Further Information
Publisher: BELFAST TELEGRAPH
Ref: BT/0551
Published Date: 01-Jan-99
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