OK, I know that probably less than 10 people on the entire planet have ever used my IRC client - given that this is the first sign of action in 20 months I don't really blame them - but someone out there might be interested to know that there's a new version.
To be quite honest it's been so long since I actually made the changes I don't remember them all. What I do know is that IRC24 will now watch for network disconnections and reconnections and respond appropriately.
So if you're out there and you're still using this thing... here you go. Enjoy.