Gorey : Ireland
Many new shops have been added in the last few years, with the development of Esmonde Street from a residential street to a mainly shopping street. Many of the shops are centred on ladies fashion, but men also have a few choices of shops, with up to date fashion. Three supermarkets, soon to be four, are competing for customers. For visitors, there is a modern hotel, with leisure centre, swimming pool and conference facilities. The town has several restaurants, catering for Italian, Indian, Chinese, Thai and of course Irish cuisine.
Traffic through the town, which lies on the N11 Dublin to Rosslare route, can at times be hectic, with tailbacks on all major approach roads. It is especially bad on Friday afternoon/early evening, when people are coming down from Dublin for the weekend. A by-pass route has been planned, and the preliminary work has begun, that is archaeological investigation of some interesting sites, found through trenching. Actual work on the road should start in the autumn of 2005, with a planned completion date of 2008. The road will be ca. 24 Km long and consist of two lanes in each direction, in the style of motorway lay-out.
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