As the opening chords of The Cranberries’s Zombie filtered in under the booming voice of John McDonald, the legendary darts master of ceremonies, Willie O’Connor stood, bottom lip bit and eyes smiling out at a boisterous sold-out 3Arena. They were there to see the best of the best darts players compete in the Premier League, one of the top tournaments in the stable of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). O’Connor, the Republic’s premium player, was up as a challenger against Michael van Gerwen, the world’s number one at the time, in February 2020.   But when Dolores O’Riordan began to belt…

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