He was helping to meet the charity's five-year goal - for every child who rings to get through the first time they call.
Now Irwin has a new target. He quit ChildLine and has set up himself as an apprentice pro darts player. A year from now he wants to be world champion.
His new ambition was reported in some detail in The Times. Which was unfortunate, because, as he told The Guardian, he hadn't wanted to come across as arrogant. The Guardian devoted a whole page to a conversation with the Jocky Wilson wannabe. But it didn't appear to get very much closer to understanding why someone would quit a 50,000-a-year job to become a professional at something he confesses he isn't actually very good at.
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