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I can't find any option to add IRC acount on the Online Accounts service.

Elder Geek
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You need to install the irc plugin account-plugin-irc

sudo apt-get install account-plugin-irc

After that you should be able to use empathy as irc client but beware empathy has a very limited function as an IRC cliente. I would recomend to use a dedicated IRC client.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat#IRC_Clients

xangua
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    for newer versions (I have 17.10 but it's probably the same for older versions too) you need instead this package `telepathy-idle` ([source](https://help.gnome.org/users/empathy/stable/irc-manage)) – jena Apr 17 '18 at 11:18