Ministers approve a plan which aims to address issues - including the presence of blue-green algae.

The Northern Ireland Executive approved an action plan for the future of Lough Neagh at a meeting on Thursday.

Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Andrew Muir said he was “glad the executive was able to agree” the report and action plan.

The lough has been affected by blue-green algal blooms in recent months.

Twenty of the plan’s 37 actions have already been given the go-ahead as they fell to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).

But the remaining 17 actions were cross-cutting and required executive consent.