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Queen hands out New Year's awards
Story hereThe Queen of England today bestowed the traditional 'New Year Honours' on a distinguished group of recipients.
From the article:
More than 80 people in Northern Ireland have received awards in the Queen's New Year Honours list for 2015.
The highest honour was given to Dame Mary Peters, Northern Ireland's only individual Olympic gold medallist.
