diff -urN govalidator-8.orig/validator_test.go govalidator-8/validator_test.go
--- govalidator-8.orig/validator_test.go	2017-11-11 07:10:18.000000000 -0800
+++ govalidator-8/validator_test.go	2018-01-14 12:29:54.433122224 -0800
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@
 		{"http://www.foo---bar.com/", true},
 		{"mailto:someone@example.com", true},
 		{"irc://irc.server.org/channel", true},
-		{"irc://#channel@network", true},
+		{"irc:///#channel@network", true},
 		{"/abs/test/dir", false},
 		{"./rel/test/dir", false},
 	}
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@
 		{"http://www.foo---bar.com/", true},
 		{"mailto:someone@example.com", true},
 		{"irc://irc.server.org/channel", true},
-		{"irc://#channel@network", true},
+		{"irc:///#channel@network", true},
 		{"/abs/test/dir", true},
 		{"./rel/test/dir", false},
 	}