HOMELESS campaigner and mum of seven Margaret Cash is loving life in her new pad — and revealed she's even given her son a pony for his birthday.

Margaret made headlines last year when she was forced to sleep in a Garda station with her brood after emergency accommodation couldn't be found for them.

3 Margaret Cash pictured with her seven children Credit: Fran Veale - The Sun

3 Margaret gifted her son a pony for his birthday

3 Margaret has decked out her new living room with pink furnishings

But the 28-year-old and her family are now happily settled in their new Dublin home, which is kitted out to their taste, having been there for over three months.

Her son Tommy celebrates his 12th birthday next month, and his present is a pony named Rocket.

Margaret proudly posted a picture of the horse on Facebook and wrote: "My Tommy's birthday present it's lovely."

Friends were quick to congratulate them on the latest addition to the family, with one writing: "Aww the little size of it ..Happy birthday Tommy hope you have a super day."

Another posted: "Have a great birthday Tommy, that sure is a super present."

Speaking to the Irish Sun last night, Margaret confirmed that her young family had finally found a home.

SETTLED INTO NEW HOME

She said of the pic: "That's not my garden, that's like a field where the horses are. Yeah, I'm happy, we're grand where we are.

"The kids are great. We've got our own proper home after a long wait.

"We're here about three months. No disruption, no. It's in the Dublin area."

And Margaret has put her own personal touch on the family's living room, which is decked out with ornate furnishings and painted pink and beige.

KIDS THRIVING

Speaking about her clan — who were previously shunted from place to place as council chiefs scrambled to find them accommodation — Cash told how the kids are thriving.

She said: "They're all doing great now, they're in a school that they love and, yeah, things seem to be great for them now."

She added: "They're just settling down and they're happy with their home, they're happy with their school, they're making friends and just great."

Margaret hit the headlines when she slept with six of her children in Tallaght Garda Station in south Dublin, and her efforts to secure a home have been well publicised since.

Her story featured in an episode of The Gypsies Next Door on Channel 5 in May, and she was pleased with how it documented her struggle to find a home for the family.

It featured campaigning Margaret speaking at a protest in Dublin about the desperation of homelessness.

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At one point, she was filmed receiving a phone call from the council about news of a possible pad but, just a few weeks later, her hopes were dashed as the offer of housing failed to materialise — with the council unable to guarantee accommodation for a family as big as hers.

She said of the UK TV programme: "We recorded that way back when I first became homeless but it never made it to air until I think February.

"I was happy to let people know how people are being treated here in Ireland, the waiting lists and the way people are being treated and everything else."