{"id":8420,"date":"2025-05-21T10:15:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T10:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.portlaoiseinstitute.ie\/?p=8420"},"modified":"2025-08-22T12:18:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T12:18:55","slug":"social-studies-department-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlaoiseinstitute.ie\/?p=8420","title":{"rendered":"Social Studies Department 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8420\" class=\"elementor elementor-8420\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f4eea05 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"6f4eea05\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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