People from counties Fermanagh and Tyrone are among those from across Northern Ireland who have been recognised in the New Year Honours List.
They include Peter Dolan, from Omagh, who is to receive a British Empire Medal (BEM) after tirelessly campaigning for tougher sentences for those convicted of causing death by dangerous driving.
Mr Dolan described the honour as bittersweet given that his work was prompted by the death of his 18-year-old son Enda in 2014.
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The Queen's University student was in his first term of a degree in architecture, following in his father's footsteps, when he was knocked down and killed as he walked back to his halls of residence in South Belfast.
The man convicted of causing death by dangerous driving initially received a sentence of seven years before it was increased to nine years following an appeal by the Public Prosecution Service.
Those awarded honours from the two counties are as follows:
County Fermanagh
Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Patrick Joseph McGurn - Chief Executive Officer, Lakeland Community Care. For services to the community in County Fermanagh and Tyrone
Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)
William Iain Kennedy - Director, Aisling Counselling Centre and Coach, Enniskillen Royal Boat Club. For voluntary service to the community in County Fermanagh
County Tyrone
Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Stephen John Bleakley - For services to Libraries and to the community in Fermanagh, Omagh and Fivemiletown
Eileen Lilian Mary Donnelly - Member, Board of Governors, The Integrated College, Dungannon. For services to Education in Northern Ireland
Reverend Matthew Henry Hagan - Chaplain, Southern Area Hospice and Rector of Tynan, Aghavilly and Middletown Parishes, County Armagh. For services to Hospice Healthcare and to the community in Northern Ireland
Samuel James Kee - Community Development Worker. For services to the community in County Londonderry
Peter McBride - For services to the Economy and to the community in County Tyrone
Joseph Norman Wilson - For services to Business and to the community in Northern Ireland
Samuel Godfrey Young - For services to Social Work and to Education
Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)
Christopher Robert David Cuddy - For voluntary service to the community in Northern Ireland
Peter Anthony Dolan - Founder, Enda Dolan Foundation. For services to Justice and to Young People in Northern Ireland
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