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Margaret Cash says she's dreading taking four Luas trips a day as she brings her kids to school in Tallaght from her new apartment on Parnell Street.

The mother-of-seven was given the new gaff on a trial basis having stayed in temporary accommodation provided by Inner City Helping Homeless.

Cash, 28, had made international headlines last week after putting up a photo of her kids sleeping in Tallaght Garda Station.

Speaking to Miriam O'Callaghan on Thursday she revealed that she had been offered a 3-bedroom apartment with bunk beds.

After moving in yesterday, she told The Sun that she's dreading the schools re-opening as she'll have to make two round trips to Tallaght a day.

She said: “One of the kids will be starting school in September and when that happens I’ll have to get the Luas with all of them in the morning.

“What’ll there be to do over there so I’ll have to come back home and go back over to get him at half-12.

“Then I’ll have to come home again and go back over to pick the other ones up at three. That’s a lot of travelling to be doing, so it’s still not ideal. I can’t be complaining really, because it’s definitely better than nothing, but it’s still not a home forever.

“I have it for a week’s trial and then it’s on a monthly basis after that. There’s loads of room anyway."

She went on to say that a friend pointed out many boarded up houses to her in her native Tallaght, and she'd rather be out there.

“They could be used to house 40 families and no one is living in them. I’d rather be in Tallaght, but this will do for now.”

Earlier this week, Cash said trolls have been flooding her Facebook since the story broke.Tallaght woman Margaret, who's been on the housing list for 11 years, said that trolls have flooded her Facebook page since her story went around the world.

When asked about the backlash she has received on social media, Ms Cash said she is "ashamed" that she and her seven children are in this situation.

She said: "I am ashamed. But what could I do when I've got nothing else? At the end of the day, this homeless thing can happen to anybody.

"Nobody knows what's around the corner for them. I wouldn't wish this upon anybody."