diff --git a/nodes/core/social/91-irc.html b/nodes/core/social/91-irc.html
index 57aac4b80..943a887fc 100644
--- a/nodes/core/social/91-irc.html
+++ b/nodes/core/social/91-irc.html
@@ -27,12 +27,16 @@
         <label for="node-input-name"><i class="fa fa-tag"></i> Name</label>
         <input type="text" id="node-input-name" placeholder="Name">
     </div>
-    <div class="form-tips">The channel to join must start with a # (as per normal irc rules...)</div>
+    <div class="form-tips">The channel to join must start with a # (as per normal irc rules...)<br/>
+    You may join multiple channels by comma separating a list - #chan1,#chan2,etc.</div>
 </script>
 
 <script type="text/x-red" data-help-name="irc in">
-    <p>Connects to a channel on an IRC server</p>
-    <p>Any messages on that channel will appear on the <code>msg.payload</code> at the output, while <code>msg.topic</code> will contain who it is from.</p>
+    <p>Connects to a channel on an IRC server.</p>
+    <p>You may join multiple channels by comma separating a list - #chan1,#chan2,#etc.</p>
+    <p>Any messages on that channel will appear on the <code>msg.payload</code> at the output,
+    while <code>msg.topic</code> will contain who it is from.
+    <code>msg.to</code> contains either the name of the channel or PRIV in the case of a pm.</p>
     <p>The second output provides a <code>msg.payload</code> that has any status messages such as joins, parts, kicks etc.</p>
     <p>The type of the status message is set as <code>msg.payload.type</code>.</p>
     <p>The possible status types are: <br />
diff --git a/nodes/core/social/91-irc.js b/nodes/core/social/91-irc.js
index f8986a913..eb85eee36 100644
--- a/nodes/core/social/91-irc.js
+++ b/nodes/core/social/91-irc.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 module.exports = function(RED) {
     "use strict";
     var irc = require("irc");
-    var util = require("util");
 
     // The Server Definition - this opens (and closes) the connection
     function IRCServerNode(n) {
@@ -41,53 +40,61 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
         this.ircserver = n.ircserver;
         this.serverConfig = RED.nodes.getNode(this.ircserver);
         this.channel = n.channel || this.serverConfig.channel;
-        if (this.serverConfig.ircclient == null) {
-            this.serverConfig.ircclient = new irc.Client(this.serverConfig.server, this.serverConfig.nickname, {
-                channels: [this.channel]
-            });
-            this.serverConfig.ircclient.addListener('error', function(message) {
-                util.log('[irc] '+ JSON.stringify(message));
+        var node = this;
+        if (node.serverConfig.ircclient == null) {
+            node.log("Connecting to "+node.serverConfig.server);
+            node.serverConfig.ircclient = new irc.Client(node.serverConfig.server, node.serverConfig.nickname);
+            node.serverConfig.ircclient.addListener('error', function(message) {
+                node.log(JSON.stringify(message));
             });
         }
-        this.ircclient = this.serverConfig.ircclient;
-        var node = this;
+        node.ircclient = node.serverConfig.ircclient;
 
-        this.ircclient.addListener('message', function (from, to, message) {
-            //util.log(from + ' => ' + to + ': ' + message);
-            var msg = { "topic":from, "from":from, "to":to, "payload":message };
-            node.send([msg,null]);
+
+        node.ircclient.addListener('registered', function(message) {
+            node.log(node.ircclient.nick+" ONLINE");
+            node.ircclient.join( node.channel, function(data) {
+                // node.log(data+" JOINED "+node.channel);
+            });
         });
-        this.ircclient.addListener('pm', function(from, message) {
+        node.ircclient.addListener('message', function (from, to, message) {
+            //node.log(from + ' => ' + to + ' : ' + message);
+            if (node.channel.indexOf(to) > -1) {
+                var msg = { "topic":from, "from":from, "to":to, "payload":message };
+                node.send([msg,null]);
+            }
+        });
+        node.ircclient.addListener('pm', function(from, message) {
+            //node.log("PM => "+from + ': ' + message);
             var msg = { "topic":from, "from":from, "to":"PRIV", "payload":message };
             node.send([msg,null]);
         });
-
-        this.ircclient.addListener('join', function(channel, who) {
+        node.ircclient.addListener('join', function(channel, who) {
             var msg = { "payload": { "type":"join", "who":who, "channel":channel } };
             node.send([null,msg]);
             node.log(who+' has joined '+channel);
         });
-        this.ircclient.addListener('invite', function(channel, from, message) {
+        node.ircclient.addListener('invite', function(channel, from, message) {
             var msg = { "payload": { "type":"invite", "who":from, "channel":channel, "message":message } };
             node.send([null,msg]);
             node.log(from+' sent invite to '+channel+': '+message);
         });
-        this.ircclient.addListener('part', function(channel, who, reason) {
+        node.ircclient.addListener('part', function(channel, who, reason) {
             var msg = { "payload": { "type":"part", "who":who, "channel":channel, "reason":reason } };
             node.send([null,msg]);
             node.log(who+' has left '+channel+': '+reason);
         });
-        this.ircclient.addListener('quit', function(nick, reason, channels, message) {
+        node.ircclient.addListener('quit', function(nick, reason, channels, message) {
             var msg = { "payload": { "type":"quit", "who":nick, "channel":channels, "reason":reason } };
             node.send([null,msg]);
             node.log(nick+' has quit '+channels+': '+reason);
         });
-        this.ircclient.addListener('kick', function(channel, who, by, reason) {
+        node.ircclient.addListener('kick', function(channel, who, by, reason) {
             var msg = { "payload": { "type":"kick", "who":who, "channel":channel, "by":by, "reason":reason } };
             node.send([null,msg]);
             node.log(who+' was kicked from '+channel+' by '+by+': '+reason);
         });
-        this.ircclient.addListener('names', function (channel, nicks) {
+        node.ircclient.addListener('names', function (channel, nicks) {
             var msg = { "payload": { "type": "names", "channel": channel, "names": nicks} };
             node.send([null, msg]);
         });
@@ -103,40 +110,49 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
         this.ircserver = n.ircserver;
         this.serverConfig = RED.nodes.getNode(this.ircserver);
         this.channel = n.channel || this.serverConfig.channel;
-        if (this.serverConfig.ircclient == null) {
-            this.serverConfig.ircclient = new irc.Client(this.serverConfig.server, this.serverConfig.nickname, {
-                channels: [this.channel]
-            });
-            this.serverConfig.ircclient.addListener('error', function(message) {
-                util.log('[irc] '+ JSON.stringify(message));
+        var node = this;
+        if (node.serverConfig.ircclient == null) {
+            node.log("Connecting to "+node.serverConfig.server);
+            node.serverConfig.ircclient = new irc.Client(node.serverConfig.server, node.serverConfig.nickname);
+            node.serverConfig.ircclient.addListener('error', function(message) {
+                node.log(JSON.stringify(message));
             });
         }
-        this.ircclient = this.serverConfig.ircclient;
-        var node = this;
+        node.ircclient = node.serverConfig.ircclient;
 
-        this.on("input", function(msg) {
+        node.ircclient.addListener('registered', function(message) {
+            node.log(node.ircclient.nick+" ONLINE");
+            node.ircclient.join( node.channel, function(data) {
+                //node.log(data+" JOINED "+node.channel);
+            });
+        });
+
+        node.on("input", function(msg) {
             if (Object.prototype.toString.call( msg.raw ) === '[object Array]') {
                 var m = msg.raw;
                 for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
                     if (typeof m[i] !== "string") { m[i] = ""; }
                     m[i] = m[i].replace(/"/g, "");
                 }
-                util.log("[irc] RAW command:"+m);
+                node.log("RAW command:"+m);
                 node.ircclient.send(m[0],m[1],m[2],m[3],m[4],m[5],m[6],m[7],m[8],m[9]);
             }
             else {
                 if (msg._topic) { delete msg._topic; }
-                if (node.sendAll == "false") {
-                    node.ircclient.say(node.channel, JSON.stringify(msg));
-                }
-                else {
-                    if (typeof msg.payload === "object") { msg.payload = JSON.stringify(msg.payload); }
-                    if (node.sendAll == "pay") {
-                        node.ircclient.say(node.channel, msg.payload);
+                var ch = node.channel.split(",");
+                for (var c=0; c<ch.length; c++) {
+                    if (node.sendAll == "false") {
+                        node.ircclient.say(ch[c], JSON.stringify(msg));
                     }
                     else {
-                        var to = msg.topic || node.channel;
-                        node.ircclient.say(to, msg.payload);
+                        if (typeof msg.payload === "object") { msg.payload = JSON.stringify(msg.payload); }
+                        if (node.sendAll == "pay") {
+                            node.ircclient.say(ch[c], msg.payload);
+                        }
+                        else {
+                            var to = msg.topic || ch[c];
+                            node.ircclient.say(to, msg.payload);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }