diff --git a/viera/actor.py b/viera/actor.py
index a9696e7..4c95a61 100644
--- a/viera/actor.py
+++ b/viera/actor.py
@@ -85,10 +85,15 @@ def strip_html(data):
     return cgi.escape(no_tags)
 
 
-from .authreqs import check_reqs
+from .authreqs import check_reqs, get_irc_bot
 
 
 async def handle_create(actor, data, request):
+    # for now, we only care about Notes
+    if data['object']['type'] != Note:
+        return
+
+    # strip the HTML if present
     content = strip_html(data['object']['content']).split()
 
     # check if the message is an authorization token for linking identities together
@@ -96,6 +101,10 @@ async def handle_create(actor, data, request):
     if check_reqs(content, actor):
         return
 
+    # fetch our IRC bot
+    bot = get_irc_bot()
+    bot.relay_message(actor, data['object'], content)
+
 
 async def handle_follow(actor, data, request):
     message = {
diff --git a/viera/irc.py b/viera/irc.py
index 9477c8a..11d97ff 100644
--- a/viera/irc.py
+++ b/viera/irc.py
@@ -204,6 +204,18 @@ class IRCProtocol(asyncio.Protocol):
         logging.debug('> %r', m)
         self.transport.write(m.to_message().encode('utf-8') + b'\r\n')
 
+    def relay_message(self, actor, obj, content):
+        fmt = "\x02{name}\x02: {content} [{url}]"
+
+        msgcontent = content[0:256]
+        if len(content) > 256:
+            msgcontent += '...'
+
+        message = fmt.format(name=actor['name'], content=msgcontent, url=obj['id'])
+        target = ','.join(IRC_CONFIG['relay_channels'])
+
+        self.say(target, message)
+
 
 async def irc_bot():
     loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()