The CLUG IRC Channel is
irc://irc.atrum.org/clugin other words it can be found on the
Atrum IRC networkat irc.atrum.org on ports 6666-6668 (plain), or 6697,7000,7001 (SSL).
You can connect with your favourite IRC client. We have listed a few
recommended IRC clientsThe #clug channel is hidden from channel listings, so you'll have toissue a /join #clug
If you have firewall restrictions try connecting to port21.atrum.org on port 21, or similarly for ports 80 and 8080, and 443 for SSL.
There is a bot which sits on the CLUG IRC channel called
Spinach