Brexit: Warrenpoint Port warns Gove over 'no-deal job losses'

Claire McGuinness said she had a 'robust exchange' with Michael Gove

The chief executive of Warrenpoint Port has warned a no-deal Brexit could lead to job losses.

Clare Guinness was speaking as she met cabinet minister Michael Gove.

Mr Gove, who is responsible for no-deal Brexit planning, spent the day in the border area and he visited Middletown and Warrenpoint.

Speaking to BBC News NI, Claire Guinness said she had a robust exchange with Mr Gove and made him aware what a no-deal would mean economically.

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Warrenpoint Port is Northern Ireland's second largest port.

Mr Gove said the UK was committed to leaving the EU on 31 October.

He said if there was no deal the government was committed to safeguarding people's security and keeping trade flowing freely and added that Britain could be a force for free trade globally.

He said he wanted to see a close relationship with Republic of Ireland and the other EU countries and that the government thought it was still "eminently doable" to leave the bloc with a revised divorce agreement.

Michael Gove met business leaders in Warrenpoint

Mr Gove also told reporters he did not want a general election.