As a plugin developer you can use this plugin as dependency of your plugin by adding a dependency tag to your POM.
To add the latest version of this plugin as a maven dependency, use the following:
<dependency> <groupId>org.jvnet.hudson.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>ircbot</artifactId> <version>3.961.vd5d642c0b_cc9</version> </dependency>