Recommendations for award of the medal are made in accordance with Royal Irish Regiment Regulations.

Full-time members of the Royal Irish Regiment qualify for the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.

The obverse bears a right facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Imperial State Crown.

The reverse depicts a scroll with four lines of text FOR / HOME SERVICE / IN / NORTHERN IRELAND.

Surmounting the scroll is a crown, with shamrocks on either side above, and laurels with a pair of harps below.