Sludden thanks the setbacks for setting him in right direction 

Tyrone star is enjoying that 'bit more freedom' under Logan and Dooher and the Red Hands are the ones benefitting 

All smiles now: Niall Sludden poses for a portrait during a Tyrone senior football media conference at Tyrone GAA Centre in Garvaghey. 

FOLLOWING a week off work after last September’s All-Ireland win, Niall Sludden was looking forward to establishing some routine as he made the drive from his home in Dromore to Newtownbutler in south Fermanagh, where he teaches in St Mary’s Primary School.

But first, one last celebration to give the children a thrill. Good sport that he is, he put on his Tyrone jersey and clambered onto the back of an open-top VW Beetle festooned in red and white balloons and was paraded in through the gates.