Mairtin Mac Gabhann says it “was not easy' to accept but that his son's campaign is bigger than politics.
The father of the child who inspired a major change in organ donation rules is among those from Northern Ireland named in the King's Birthday Honours list.
"Personally it was a hard decision to accept this award on behalf of the campaign because of my own personal politics and opinions," he said. She became involved in campaigning because of her anger that she was not able to have the surgery for hours after the stroke.“At the time of my stroke it was only available nine to five, Monday to Friday.
She said she was "humbled" and "still in shock" after learning she is to become an MBE, but stressed the work to establish services for new mothers in Northern Ireland is not over.“That is the next piece of the jigsaw. We still have a way to go.”Bronagh Hinds was at the centre of the formation of the Women’s Coalition in 1996, during the peace negotiations which led to the signing of the Good Friday Agreement two years later.
David Marshall, director of Census, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency ; for services to official statistics and census taking in Northern Ireland Alison Cairns; for services to renal patients and their families within the Western Health and Social Care Trust Prof Barbara Jemphrey, director of Institute of Professional Legal Studies, Queen's University Belfast; for services to education
George McMath, deputy principal at Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency ; for services to the Northern Ireland CensusStephen Mulligan, principal, Mossley Primary School, Newtownabbey, County Antrim; for services to education Catherine Quinn, principal of Abbey Community College, Newtownabbey, County Antrim; for services to education
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