Live cattle exports from Ireland to Libya increased by nearly 50% in the first half of the year.

The latest cabinet meeting issues a number of decisions and recommendations, including one for the industry ministry to approve consultancy work.

The agriculture minister met with another state body to discuss work on the "LibyaInfo for Population and Development" project.

Libya accounted for some 51% of the EU's sheepmeat exports in the first two months of 2014.

The Abyar Local Council says large numbers of locusts have been found in farms around the town, and urges the Ministry of Agriculture to take action.