Public plazas, a riverside boardwalk and greenway will also be constructed in what the council describes as “high quality public realm spaces.”

The 36-year-old said she made the social media post as ‘a little reminder that sometimes we have bad days’.

Newly released files show that the cost to Northern Ireland of the bridge from Warrenpoint to Omeath would have been €241,350 (£200,000).

The sign was left at a fence that has been erected to close off the bridge ahead of its removal

Taoiseach Simon Harris said developer BAM has a ‘track record in terms of the delivery of bridges’.

The new bridge will link the North and the Republic in a boost to tourism and commerce.