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Mother who slept in Dublin Garda station 'delighted' to be given a three-bedroom apartment

Mother who slept in Dublin Garda station 'delighted' to be given a three-bedroom apartment

The young mother who slept in a Dublin Garda station with six of her children has been given a three bedroom apartment,

Speaking today, Margaret Cash said she received the good news this morning.

She said: "The council rang back this morning and have said that come Friday that they will have a three bedroom apartment here in town somewhere.

"It will be for a weeks trial and after that, it will be on a monthly basis, so I'm quite happy with that.

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"It's better news than what it was last week, when they were expecting me to go night by night again, I'm really happy."

The 26-year-old mother of seven said she is hopeful for her future, and the future for her children.

She said: "All I'm thinking about is getting a home and fixing my children and doing the best job I can as a mother and then I'll sort out myself."

The mother said that her kids have never missed a day of school "homeless, or not."

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"Both schools that they've been in will verify that they've never missed a day of school.

"Even when they put me in Ashford, Co Wicklow, I got two busses up and down every day to bring them to school and back from Tallaght to Ashford.

"Once they're ok, I'm ok."

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