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A web server is not going to do that for you unfortunatly. You can open TCP/IP connections from a webpage's backend code, but any secured server would have time limits on how long scripts in the background are permitted to run between page loads, it is something like 2 minutes... so you would need to keep reconnected to the server... not recommended.
The correct way to do this would be to have a dedicated server, or purchase console access which will allow you to run applications while not logged in (usually these accounts also permit you to run daemons)... java support would obviously be required, but I think that is pretty standard these days... just make sure.
A full dedicated server runs you up about $90USD/mo--but you pretty much own that server, you run anything you want on it.. install anything you want on it, and get 1.2TB data transfer/mo (no IRC server is going to break that).
I personally do not sell shell accounts without the whole dedicated server thing right now so I can not tell you how much the run for, but take a look around. The only catch with shell accounts is that they are always shared amoungst many users... and thus you will get what you pay for... low cost accounts will mean less CPU cycles for you, and slower transfer speeds.
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