The IRC notifier randomly fails

INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 | 2007-10-05 09:00:16,329 [pool-1-thread-1] ERROR ContinuumNotificationDispatcher:default - Error while trying to use the irc notifier.
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 | org.codehaus.plexus.notification.NotificationException: Error while notifiying.
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 |       at org.apache.maven.continuum.notification.irc.IrcContinuumNotifier.sendNotification(IrcContinuumNotifier.java:259)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 |       at org.apache.maven.continuum.notification.DefaultContinuumNotificationDispatcher.sendNotification(DefaultContinuumNotificationDispatcher.java:199)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 |       at org.apache.maven.continuum.notification.DefaultContinuumNotificationDispatcher.sendNotification(DefaultContinuumNotificationDispatcher.java:151)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 |       at org.apache.maven.continuum.notification.DefaultContinuumNotificationDispatcher.buildComplete(DefaultContinuumNotificationDispatcher.java:103)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 |       at org.apache.maven.continuum.buildcontroller.DefaultBuildController.endBuild(DefaultBuildController.java:230)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 |       at org.apache.maven.continuum.buildcontroller.DefaultBuildController.build(DefaultBuildController.java:184)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 |       at org.apache.maven.continuum.buildcontroller.BuildProjectTaskExecutor.executeTask(BuildProjectTaskExecutor.java:50)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 |       at org.codehaus.plexus.taskqueue.execution.ThreadedTaskQueueExecutor$ExecutorRunnable$1.run(ThreadedTaskQueueExecutor.java:116)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 |       at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:442)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 |       at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:176)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 |       at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:665)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 |       at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:690)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 |       at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 | Caused by: org.apache.maven.continuum.ContinuumException: Exception while checkConnection to irc .irc.efnet.net
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 |       at org.apache.maven.continuum.notification.irc.IrcContinuumNotifier.buildComplete(IrcContinuumNotifier.java:331)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 |       at org.apache.maven.continuum.notification.irc.IrcContinuumNotifier.sendNotification(IrcContinuumNotifier.java:254)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 |       ... 12 more
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 | Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Socket closed or already open (-1)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 |       at org.schwering.irc.lib.IRCConnection.connect(IRCConnection.java:290)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 |       at org.apache.maven.continuum.notification.irc.IrcContinuumNotifier.checkConnection(IrcContinuumNotifier.java:161)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 |       at org.apache.maven.continuum.notification.irc.IrcContinuumNotifier.getIRConnection(IrcContinuumNotifier.java:120)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 |       at org.apache.maven.continuum.notification.irc.IrcContinuumNotifier.buildComplete(IrcContinuumNotifier.java:325)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2007/10/05 09:00:16 |       ... 13 more