“It started out as a football project and it's turned into a game changer for the area and surrounding areas,” says John Hayden, the chairman of Belvedere Football Club.
Requests for a school warden were previously turned down because it was considered too dangerous, said a councillor. In recent times, two other schools have been told the same.
Hiking, camping and rock climbing lets teens be kids instead of little hardmen, and teaches them life lessons that Willie Whelan hopes will keep them out of jail.
