diff --git a/lib/logstash/outputs/irc.rb b/lib/logstash/outputs/irc.rb
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-require "logstash/outputs/base"
-require "logstash/namespace"
-
-# Push events to an AMQP exchange.
-#
-# AMQP is a messaging system. It requires you to run an AMQP server or 'broker'
-# Examples of AMQP servers are [RabbitMQ](http://www.rabbitmq.com/) and 
-# [QPid](http://qpid.apache.org/)
-class LogStash::Outputs::Irc < LogStash::Outputs::Base
-  config_name "irc"
-
-  # Your IRC server address
-  config :host, :validate => :string, :required => true
-
-  # The IRC port to connect on
-  config :port, :validate => :number, :default => 6667
-
-  # Your irc nickname
-  config :nick, :validate => :string, :default => "logstash"
-
-  # Channels to output to
-  config :channels, :validate => :array, :required => true
-
-  # Enable or disable debugging
-  config :debug, :validate => :boolean, :default => false
-  
-  # Use event.sprintf to define message structure
-  config :structure, :validate => :string, :default => "%{@source}: %{@message}"
-
-  public
-  def register
-    require "socket"
-    @irc = TCPSocket.open(@host,@port)
-    @logger.debug(["Connecting to IRC server", @irc.addr.join(":"), @irc.peeraddr.join(":")])
-    @irc.puts "USER #{@nick} 0 * #{@nick}"
-    @irc.puts "NICK #{@nick}"
-    until @irc.eof? do
-      m = @irc.gets
-      #@logger.debug(m)
-      if m.match(".* 001 .*")
-        @channels.each do |c|
-          @irc.puts "JOIN #{c}"
-        end
-        break;
-      end
-    end
-  end # def register
-
-
-  public
-  def receive(event)
-    m = event.sprintf(@structure)
-  
-    @channels.each do |c|
-      @irc.puts "PRIVMSG #{c} #{m}"
-    end
-  end
-
-end # class LogStash::Outputs::Amqp