Special award for public service for Ballymena former Mayor
![Tommy Nicholl MBE receives the APSE Lifetime Achievement Special Recognition Award 2023. Credit Association for Public Service Excellence](https://www.northernirelandworld.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjVhZjU0OGY3LTM3OTgtNGMzZC1hYjVmLTA1NmQ0YjgxMjgxNTo4NTc5ZWJiZS1lYzdiLTQyYmItOGVlNC0zMTQzYzZmMTVmZDg=.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![Tommy Nicholl MBE receives the APSE Lifetime Achievement Special Recognition Award 2023. Credit Association for Public Service Excellence](/img/placeholder.png)
Congratulations to Tommy Nicholl MBE who was recently presented with a special tribute to mark 40 years serving as a councillor in the Bannside area of Mid and East Antrim.
First elected in May 1981, Alderman Nicholl served as Mayor for two terms, during 2000/01 and 2005/06. He was elected as the National Chair of the Association of Public Service Excellence for 2022-2023.
At an award ceremony in Titanic Belfast recently he was also awarded the APSE Lifetime Achievement Special Recognition Award 2023.