Red Hand to lead way in referee recruitment drive

TYRONE county board chairman Ciaran McLaughlin has hit out at the treatment meted to referee Martin Sludden at the end of last July’s controversial Leinster senior football final.

The Red Hand native was attacked by a group of Louth supporters after allowing Joe Sheridan’s infamous match-winning goal to stand at the end of the Croke Park clash.

McLaughlin referenced the controversy while outlining his plans to launch a recruitment drive for young whistlers to officiate club games within the county over the coming seasons.