King Charles' Birthday Honours: Jonny Evans among Northern Ireland recipients

Northern Ireland football international Jonny Evans is among a number of people to be be recognised in King Charles' Birthday Honours list.

The Leicester City defender, 35, who has been capped 100 times by Northern Ireland, is given an MBE for services to football.

He told the PA news agency it was a "a really nice thing" to be recognised for his career.

He said: "When I got the letter through the door and it had the royal seal on the back I was a bit shocked, but it was also amazing.

"It made me feel very proud, especially when I saw that it was in recognition of my contribution to association football in Northern Ireland.

"It brought it home that playing more than 100 times for my country, and playing for so long for Northern Ireland, has been so good.

"I represented everyone in the country and had many good times along the way."

He also revealed the Evans family are delighted for him and he is looking forward to the investiture, a venue and date for which has still to be confirmed.

Peter Sheridan, the chief executive of Co-operation Ireland, is being recognised in the King's Birthday Honours for his services to peacebuilding, while leading campaigner for victims of historical institutional abuse, Margaret McGuckin is made an MBE.

THE FULL LIST OF NORTHERN IRELAND HONOURS RECEIPIENTS

Knighthood (Kt)

Professor Ian Andrew Greer DL

Vice-Chancellor, Queen's University Belfast. For services to education and to the economy.

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Professor Vincent Francis Fusco

Professor, High Frequency Electronic Engineering, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queen's University Belfast. For services to science and to engineering.

Professor Giuliana Silvestri

Clinical Director, Ophthalmology, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and Clinical Lead, NI Eyecare Network. For services to ophthalmology and eyecare in Northern Ireland.

Mr Peter Francis Sheridan OBE DL

Chief Executive, Co-Operation Ireland. For services to peacebuilding.

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Mr Michael John Edgar

Director, Mike Edgar Production Ltd. For services to the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Brigadier John Thomas Graham

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

Mr Thomas Neill Jackson

Head of Executive Services, The Executive Office, Northern Ireland Executive. For services to the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Mrs Shirley Jones

Inspector, Department of Education Northern Ireland. For services to education, training and safeguarding young people and adults at risk.

Mr Derek Irwin Keys

Founder, Euro Auctions. For services to the economy.

Ms Roisin Theresa Marshall

Chief Executive Officer, Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education. For services to education and to community reconciliation in Northern Ireland.

Ms Elizabeth Anne McCleary

Lately Director, Social Security Policy and Legislation, Department for Communities, Northern Ireland Executive. For services to social security policy and legislation in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Fiona Teresa McDonald

Principal, Drumnamoe Nursery School, Lurgan, County Armagh. For services to education and voluntary and charitable service in Northern Ireland and abroad.

Ms Jennifer Gail McKibbin

Lately Director of EU Exit Operational Readiness, The Executive Office, Northern Ireland Executive. For services to EU Exit and COVID-19 contingency planning.

Mr William Montgomery

Board Member, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute and Belfast Metropolitan College. For services to the Northern Ireland economy.

Mr Barry Neilson

Chief Executive, Construction Industry Training Board Northern Ireland. For services to economic development.

Mrs Sharon Jane Tennant

Lately Principal, Sandelford Special School, Coleraine. For services to education in Northern Ireland.

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Mr Ewan David Anderson

Superintendent, Police Service of Northern Ireland. For services to law and order.

Mr Raymond Stephen Carroll BEM

Transport Manager, Northern Ireland Office. For services in Northern Ireland on the demise of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Mr Peter Andrew Corry

For services to music and to the arts in Northern Ireland.

Mr Ronan Gerard Cregan

For services to local government and to regeneration in Belfast.

Dr Nizamuddin Noordin Damani

Consultant Microbiologist, Southern Health and Social Care Trust. For services to infection prevention and control in Northern Ireland and to the World Health Organisation.

Mr Séan Joseph Dillon

Principal, Primate Dixon Primary School, Coalisland, County Tyrone. For services to education in Northern Ireland.

Mr Jonathan Grant Evans

For services to association football in Northern Ireland.

Professor Ruth Fee

Professor Public Services Education, Ulster University. For public service and to higher education in Northern Ireland.

Ms Janice Rosanne Gault

Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Hotels Federation. For services to tourism and hospitality.

Mr Robert Harper

Volunteer Belfast Lough Sailability. For services to sailing for people with disabilities in Northern Ireland.

Mr Ian Scott Henry

Group Director, Henry Brothers Ltd. For services to the economy and to charity in Northern Ireland.

Ms Michaela Anne Hollywood

For services to people with disabilities.

Mrs Catherine Elizabeth Humphrey

Principal, Groggan Primary School, Randalstown, County Antrim. For services to education in Northern Ireland.

Mr William Hugh Jack

Proprietor, Duke of York Public House. For services to the arts and to tourism in Belfast.

Mr Thomas Jeffers

For services to local government and to the community in Dundonald, County Down.

Ms Marcella Leonard

For services to social work in Northern Ireland and internationally.

Mrs Julia Margaret Maskery

Highly Specialist Paediatric Occupational Therapist, Belfast Trust. For services to children.

Mr William Jonathan McArthur

Emergency Planning Officer, Northern Ireland Ambulance Service. For services to emergency planning preparedness, resilience and response.

Mr Thomas McAuley

Acting Head, Sign Language Policy Team, Department for Communities, Northern Ireland Executive. For services to deaf people in Northern Ireland.

Mr David Alexander Mervyn McCall

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

Mr Gerard Joseph McCann

For services to victims of historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland.

Professor Wilson Glenn McCluggage

Professor, Queen 's University, Belfast. For services to people with gynaecological cancer.

Mrs Laura Ann McCorry

Head of Hillsborough Castle, Historic Royal Palaces. For services in Northern Ireland on the demise of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Mrs Mary Katherine McGee

Business Engagement Officer, Mid Ulster Council. For services to tourism in Northern Ireland.

Ms Margaret McGuckin

For services to survivors and victims of historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland.

Ms Martina Elizabeth McKenzie

Chief Executive, Staffline Ireland and Chair, Policy and Advocacy, Federation of Small Businesses. For services to the economy in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Joan Elizabeth McParland

For services to people with myalgic encephalomyelitis and to their families and carers in Northern Ireland.

Reverend Tracey Elaine McRoberts

Rector, Saint Matthew’s Parish and Rural Dean of Mid-Belfast. For services to the community in Belfast.

Mrs Heather Patricia Miller

Lately Head of Quality, Excellence and Development, South Eastern Regional College. For services to education in Northern Ireland.

Dr Gary George Ernest Mitchell

Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen 's University Belfast. For services to nursing and dementia care.

Mr Derek Moore

Community Development Worker, North West Cultural Partnership. For services to the community in Londonderry.

Reverend John Irvine Morrow

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

Dr Jennifer Elizabeth Pugh

Chief Medical Officer, Irish Horse Racing Regulatory Board. For services to horse racing in Northern Ireland.

Mr Norman Victor Reid

Staff Officer, Department for Communities, Northern Ireland Executive. For services to social housing.

Mr Adam Ernest Reid

Senior Security Strategic Communications Manager, Northern Ireland Office. For services to the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Mr Colin Shields

For services to ice hockey.

Ms Michelle Gabriel Anita Simpson

Project Coordinator, St Columb's Park House. For services to young people in Northern Ireland.

Reverend Robert Stevenson Stockman

Minister, Fitzroy Presbyterian Church, Belfast. For services to peace and reconciliation.

Mrs Rhoda Jean Walker

Volunteer, Northern Ireland Rare Diseases Partnership. For services to people with rare diseases in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Claire Elizabeth Woods

Head Gardener, Hillsborough Castle. For services to horticulture and to the community in Northern Ireland on the demise of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

Mrs Gail Ann Boyd

For voluntary services to the community in the Clogher Valley, County Tyrone.

Mr Francis Michael Callaghan

For voluntary services to the community in County Tyrone and County Fermanagh.

Mrs Deborah Chestnutt

Project Coordinator, Good Morning Ballymena. For services to older people in County Antrim.

Mrs Kathryn Cleland

Interim Ward Sister, Paediatric Outpatient Department and Short Stay Paediatric Assessment Unit, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust. For services to health and social care.

Mrs Agnes Black Close

Chair, Baby Haven. For services to the community in Belfast.

Mrs Mary Catherine Daly

For services to young people and to the community in the Clogher Valley, County Tyrone.

Mrs Kim Diver

Castle Steward, Hillsborough Castle, County Down. For services in Northern Ireland on the demise of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Miss Rebecca Elizabeth Sarah Edwards

For services to rowing.

Mrs Barbara Anne Ewart

Lately Public Health Nurse. For services to the community in Northern Ireland

Mrs Julie Flaherty

For services to the Northern Ireland Child Funeral Fund.

Mrs Elizabeth Anne Forde

For services to community development in Mid-Ulster.

Mr John Gault

For services to horticultural industry in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Linda Anne Gillies

Health and Wellbeing Caseworker, Decorum NI. For services to the veterans community in Northern Ireland.

Ms Deborah Mary Louise Girvan

For services to the community in County Down.

Mrs Pamela Vanessa Glasgow Baxter

Founder AUsome Kids. For services to children with autism in Cookstown, County Tyrone.

Mrs Gillian Margaret Gough

For services to education in County Armagh.

Mr Edwin John Gray

For services to choral music in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Veronica Hammersley

School Crossing Patrol Officer. For services to the community in Glengormley, County Antrim.

Mr Mark Andrew Hanna

For voluntary services to the community in County Londonderry.

Mr James Austin Hetherington

For voluntary services to police officers in Northern Ireland.

Mr Simon Kenneth Hylands

Founder, Building Bridges Community Arts Theatre, Lurgan. For services to the arts and to the community in County Armagh.

Mrs Genevieve Ann Irvine

Founder, SWELL - Supported We Live Life. For services to people affected by cancer in County Fermanagh.

Sister Margaret Una Kelly

For services to the community in Belfast.

Mr Aaron William Kerr

For services to disability awareness and to assisted running in the United Kingdom.

Mrs Colette Elizabeth Lock

For services to the community in Warrenpoint, County Down.

Mr Paul William McBride

For services to the community in Lisburn, County Antrim.

Mrs Angela Teresa McCann

Head of Community Services, Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council. For services in Northern Ireland on the demise of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Mrs Dawn McConnell

For services to cancer patients in Northern Ireland.

Mr Patrick Gerald McCullough

Campus Food and Drink, Queen’s University Belfast. For services to higher education in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Jean Patricia McGrogan

For services to Young Women in Northern Ireland.

Miss Roberta Ann McMullan

Leader and Treasurer, 2nd Benburb Boys’ Brigade. For services to young people in County Tyrone and County Armagh.

Ms Tracey Elizabeth McNickle

Project Co-ordinator, Carrick Connect. For services to young people and to the community in Carrickfergus, County Antrim.

Mrs Dorothy Ann Moore

School Secretary, Crumlin Integrated Primary School. For services to education in County Antrim.

Mr Martin Francis Mulholland

Head Concierge, Europa Hotel, Belfast. For services to tourism and to hospitality in Northern Ireland.

Mr Denis Nicholl

For services to the Boys’ Brigade in Northern Ireland.

Mr Peter Solomon Quigley

For voluntary services to the community in Belfast.

Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Robinson

For services to the girlguiding movement in Northern Ireland.

Miss Margaret Mary Rooney

Business Support Officer, Patient and Client Support Services, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. For services to health and social care.

Mr Maurice Grahme Shearer

For services to the community through the YMCA in Carrickfergus, County Antrim.

Mr Frank Dermott Stevens

For voluntary services to swimming in Northern Ireland.

Mr Ernest Reginald Telford

For services to the Somme Nursing Home, Belfast during COVID-19.

King’s Police Medal

Chief Superintendent Darrin Jones

Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Superintendent Kellie Janine McMillan

Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Constable Valarie Elizabeth Robinson

Police Service of Northern Ireland.

King’s Ambulance Service Medal

Paramedic Brian Joseph Maguire

Northern Ireland Ambulance Service.