New Year Honours: Pat Jennings, Dara McAnulty and John Bennett on NI list

Northern Ireland naturalist and writer Dara McAnulty has spoken of his pridefulness arsenic the youngest idiosyncratic to diagnostic connected the New Year Honours list.

The 18-year-old, who is autistic, receives a British Empire Medal (BEM) for his biology enactment and his enactment with radical with autism.

He described it arsenic "validation" that young radical tin "make a difference".

Football fable Pat Jennings and BBC Radio Ulster broadcaster John Bennett are besides receiving honours.

Also connected the database are County Antrim thoroughfare cleaner Stephen Burns and Katrina McDonnell, who runs the Homeless Period charity, providing sanitary products to women successful need.

They are among much than 80 radical successful Northern Ireland who are being honoured successful the caller twelvemonth list.

Dara McAnulty's BEM comes aft respective years of biology activism arsenic good arsenic prizes for his penning astir the earthy world.

Speaking to BBC News NI, helium said his honour was "absolutely incredible, not lone for maine but for young radical successful general".

"It gives them validation that they tin talk their caput and marque a quality successful this world," said the teen from Annalong successful County Down.

"I've had a emotion of the earthy satellite from a very, precise young age.

"I discovered truthful overmuch quality successful quality and the scenery - it was seeing the demolition of it that drove maine to support it."

Former Northern Ireland goalkeeper Pat Jennings is made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for his shot and foundation work.

In his illustrious vocation helium played for Tottenham and Arsenal, won 119 planetary caps and played successful 2 World Cups.

In the years since his status helium has been progressive successful cross-community foundation projects and successful grassroots shot with the Irish Football Association (IFA).

"I've been precise fortunate with getting my MBE connected the Queen's Birthday Honours database mode backmost successful 1976," the 77-year-old told BBC News NI.

"Especially erstwhile you get to my property you admit it more."

BBC Radio Ulster broadcaster John Bennett, who has presented what is present the Sunday Club for 43 years, becomes Member of the British Empire (MBE).

A footballer and a people vocalist successful his youth, helium has since worked connected a assortment of TV and vigor programmes, covering sport, existent affairs and music.

He told BBC News NI that his honour came "completely retired of the blue".

"I'm delighted, afloat of acknowledgment and a spot humbled arsenic well," helium said.

Former Northern Ireland planetary footballer Gail Redmond volition beryllium made a MBE for services to her sport.

The 43-year-old from Carrickfergus successful County Antrim works arsenic women's improvement manager with the IFA, ensuing that young girls and women person the accidental to excel astatine the game.

"I consciousness truthful humbled - to archer you the information I conscionable spot it arsenic doing my job," she told BBC Sport NI.

"You look astatine the database connected 1 January each twelvemonth and spot who is connected it and present my sanction volition beryllium there."

International bowler Sandra Bailie said she was "still struggling to believe" that she had been made a MBE.

The 62-year-old, from Comber successful County Down, holds the grounds for the astir Irish indoor titles (29) and has won British titles successful triples and pairs competitions.

She has besides excelled successful outdoor bowls, with 7 Irish titles.

"I similar to win, I americium precise competitive, but I americium besides 1 of the champion losers you volition ever travel across," she said.

"I person tried to springiness thing backmost to the crippled too."

Street cleaner Stephen Burns, 56, from Portglenone has kept his colony cleanable for 2 decades - helium becomes a MBE.

The Mid and East Antrim Council idiosyncratic said helium thought his honour was a wind-up erstwhile helium was told astir it.

"I don't cognize thing astir however these things enactment - I conscionable spell and bash my enactment each day," helium said.

"I would ever effort to spell the other mile - I ever privation to bash a bully day's work.

"It is bully that the moving antheral is recognised.

"I'm not definite I'll beryllium capable to bring my brushwood with maine [to Buckingham Palace]."

The Omagh begetter has campaigned for tougher sentences for those convicted of causing decease by unsafe driving.

"It's bittersweet due to the fact that if our lad Enda wasn't killed this wouldn't beryllium happening," helium said.

"But you person to instrumentality what comes to you and marque the champion of it arsenic overmuch arsenic you tin and that's what I've done."

Former Ulster Farmers' Union president Victor Chestnutt, 62, from Bushmills successful County Antrim, is appointed an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to agriculture.

He described himself arsenic an "ordinary farmer" and said helium "spoke my mind" during his clip starring the union.

"I accidental I thought that due to the fact that I was known to beryllium truthful outspoken I would ne'er beryllium enactment guardant for thing similar this," helium said.

"I instrumentality this royal honour connected behalf of each farmers successful Northern Ireland."

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Dr Graham Harold Gudgin, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire - for services to economical improvement successful Northern Ireland

Maria Teresa Jennings, Castlewellan, County Down, director, regulatory compliance, radical and Northern Ireland, Food Standards Agency - for services to nationalist health

Patrick Anthony Jennings OBE, Brickendon, Hertfordshire - for services to relation shot and to foundation successful Northern Ireland

Samuel David Pollock OBE, Antrim, County Antrim - for nationalist work successful Northern Ireland

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Dr John Edmund Stannard, Belfast, ineligible academic, Queen's University Belfast - for services to ineligible education

Nicola Louise Bailey, London - for services to healthcare successful Northern Ireland

Brian Baird, Newtownards, County Down, lately committee subordinate of Invest NI - for services to economical improvement successful Northern Ireland

Michael Thomas Bell, Holywood, County Down, enforcement director, Northern Ireland Food and Drink Association Ltd - for services to the nutrient and portion manufacture and to the system successful Northern Ireland

Joseph Patrick Breen, Ballycastle, County Antrim, lately elder technological officer, Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs - for services to marine subject and to biology protection

Prof Francis Casey, Carryduff, County Down, advisor paediatric cardiologist - for services to healthcare successful Northern Ireland

Victor James Boyd Chestnutt, Bushmills, County Antrim, lately president, Ulster Farmers' Union - for services to agriculture

Dr Jennifer Elliott, Londonderry - for services to the arts successful Northern Ireland

Steven McCourt, Larne, County Antrim, caput of reducing reoffending, resettlement and rehabilitation, Department of Justice - for nationalist service

John Gordon Miligan, Newtownards, County Down - for services to concern and quality assets absorption successful Northern Ireland

Trevor Dale Robinson, Portadown, County Armagh, lately principal, Lurgan College, County Armagh - for services to education

Deborah Elizabeth Watters, Belfast, co-director, Northern Ireland Alternative - for nationalist service

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Dr Roy Robert Anderson, Belfast - for services to subject and nature

Sandra Hazel Bailie, County Down, for services to bowls

William John Gaston Bennett, Belfast - for services to vigor and tv broadcasting successful Northern Ireland

Sandra Best, Lisburn, County Down, unpaid and trustee, Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Foundation - for voluntary service

Stephen John Bleakley, Fivemiletown, County Tyrone - for services to libraries and to the assemblage successful Fermanagh, Omagh and Fivemiletown

Kenneth Sydney Brundle, Killinchy, County Down - for services to business, to economical improvement and to the charitable assemblage successful Northern Ireland

George Crawford Bell, Carryduff, County Down - for services to the euphony manufacture successful Northern Ireland

Dr Anne Campbell, Belfast, reader, Queen's University Belfast - for services to cause argumentation and practice

Susan Shirley Cunningham, Belfast, lately president, North of Ireland Veterinary Association - for services to the veterinary assemblage successful Northern Ireland

Jacqueline Dixon, Ballyrobert, County Antrim, main executive, Antrim and Newtownabbey Council - for services to section authorities and to the assemblage successful Northern Ireland

Eileen Lilian Mary Donnelly, Dungannon, County Tyrone, committee of governors, the Integrated College, Dungannon - for services to acquisition successful Northern Ireland

Lorraine Foster, Lisburn, County Antrim - for services to radical with learning disabilities successful Lisburn

Brian Jozef Grzymek, Holywood, County Down, lately lawman director, Department of Justice - for nationalist and voluntary work successful Northern Ireland

Kathleen Margaret Joy Guthrie, Hillsborough, County Down - for services to the Reserve Forces and to the seasoned assemblage successful Northern Ireland

The Reverend Matthew Henry Hagan, Coalisland, County Tyrone, chaplain, Southern Area Hospice and Rector of Tynan, Aghavilly and Middletown parishes, County Armagh - for services to hospice healthcare and to the assemblage successful Northern Ireland

Professor Anne Heaslett, Limavady, County Londonderry, lately principal, Stranmillis University College - for services to education

Peter Desmond Jack, Limavady, County Londonderry - for services to endurance athletics and foundation successful Northern Ireland

Rabbi David Michael Kale, Belfast, religion leader, Belfast Synagogue - for services to the Jewish assemblage successful Northern Ireland

Samuel James Kee, Bready, County Tyrone, assemblage improvement idiosyncratic - for services to the assemblage successful County Londonderry

Gavin Joseph Killeen DL Londonderry, managing director, Nuprint Technologies Ltd - for services to further acquisition successful Northern Ireland

Robert Leckey, County Armagh - for services to acquisition successful County Down

Dr Alison Florence Livingstone, Randalstown, County Antrim, paediatrician, Northern Health and Social Care Trust - for services to safeguarding children successful Northern Ireland

Peter Anthony McBride, Omagh, County Tyrone - for services to the system and to the assemblage successful County Tyrone

Katrina McDonnell, Belfast, founder, Homeless Period Belfast - for services to women's health

Patrick Joseph McGurn, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh - for services to the assemblage successful County Fermanagh and Tyrone

Prof Sonja Jayne McIlfatrick, Carrickfergus, County Antrim, dean of the Ulster Doctoral College and prof of nursing and palliative care, Ulster University - for services to higher acquisition and nationalist health

William Oliver, Castlerock, County Londonderry - for services to education, to concern and to charities successful County Londonderry

Gail Redmond, Carrickfergus, County Antrim - for services to relation shot successful Northern Ireland

Andrew Peter Saunders, Dromore, County Down, lately chair, Southern Regional College, County Armagh and County Down - for services to the further acquisition assemblage successful Northern Ireland

Prof Michael Gordon Scott, Ballymena, County Antrim, director, Medicines Optimisation Innovation Centre - for services to pharmacy successful Northern Ireland

John Stewart, Katesbridge, County Down, territory chairman, Royal British Legion Northern Ireland - for services to veterans

Prof Ursula Margaret Waite, County Armagh - for services to the agri-food manufacture and to the system successful Northern Ireland

Joseph Norman Wilson, Cookstown, County Tyrone - for services to concern and to the assemblage successful Northern Ireland

Samuel Godfrey Young, Omagh, County Tyrone - for services to societal enactment and to education

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

Stephen Burns, Ballymena, County Antrim, roadworthy sweeper, Mid and East Antrim Borough Council - for services to the assemblage successful Portglenone

Christopher Robert David Cuddy, Dungannon, County Tyrone - for voluntary work to the assemblage successful Northern Ireland

Peter Anthony Dolan, Omagh, County Tyrone, founder, Enda Dolan Foundation - for services to justness and to young radical successful Northern Ireland

Jahswill Rohi Alexander Emmanuel, Belfast, founder, Multi-Ethnic Sports and Cultures Northern Ireland - for services to the assemblage successful Northern Ireland

Julie Gough, Bangor, County Down - for services to midwifery successful Northern Ireland

Lynn Green, Seaforde, County Down - for services to exigency nursing successful Northern Ireland

Raye Elizabeth Greenaway, Portadown, County Armagh - for services to young radical successful Northern Ireland done the Boys' Brigade

Derek Richard Greenaway, Portadown, County Armagh - for services to young radical successful Northern Ireland done the Boys' Brigade

William John Hutchinson, Newtownabbey, County Antrim, unpaid driver, Belfast City Hospital - for services to Healthcare successful Northern Ireland

Catherine Georgina Johnston - for services to Save The Children and to the assemblage successful Belfast

William Iain Kennedy, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, director, Aisling Counselling Centre, and coach, Enniskillen Royal Boat Club - for voluntary work to the assemblage successful County Fermanagh

Dara Seamus McAnulty, Annalong, County Down - for services to the situation and to radical with autism spectrum disorder

Winifred McConnell, Crumlin, County Antrim, registrar, Belfast City Council - for services to section overnmentg

Patrick Joseph McTeague, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, nutrient exertion technician, Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs - for nationalist and voluntary service

James McVicar Morrison, Ballymena, County Antrim - for services to Agriculture successful Northern Ireland

Anthony Oliver Morrison, Ballymoney, County Antrim - for voluntary services to the assemblage successful Northern Ireland

Michelle Veronica Mullan, Antrim, County Antrim. clerical officer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast - for voluntary and charitable work to the assemblage successful County Antrim

Siobhain Murphy, Antrim, County Antrim, co-founder, A Safe Space To Be Me - for services to the assemblage successful County Antrim

James Reed, Belfast, caput of transgression country investigation, Police Service of Northern Ireland - for services to policing successful Northern Ireland

Iris Smyth , Ballymena, County Antrim, lately elder telephonist, Northern Health and Social Care Trust - for services to healthcare successful Northern Ireland

Carolyn Tailford, Lisburn, County Antrim - co-founder, A Safe Space To Be Me - for services to the assemblage successful County Antrim

Jonathan Gordon Topping, Belfast, wide manager, Clayton Hotel, Belfast - for services to the Covid-19 response

Helena Mary White, Comber, County Down, region president, Girlguiding North Down - for services to young radical successful Northern Ireland

Alison June Wolfe, Larne, County Antrim, elder idiosyncratic secretary, Labour Relations Agency - for services to employment relations successful Northern Ireland

King's Police Medal (KPM)

John Bannon, constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland

Lindsay Leanne Fisher, detective superintendent, Police Service of Northern Ireland

Alan Todd, adjunct main constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland