We were delighted to hear the news that Slane may, at last, get a road bypass. Recently, pupils have been measuring levels of Nitrogen Dioxide, a gas which comes from car exhausts, outside the school on the N2 Slane to Collon road. The laboratory results are not good. Slane N.S.  levels of Nitrogen Dioxide were the 16th highest out of 160 schools in the GLOBE research project. Also, the schools with higher levels were all in bigger towns and cities. It will be great to complete the study again after the bypass!