[Stunterz]

Hi, im customizing an irc bot so it dosnt copy everything people say in the irc channel, it will only say what people say if they use @
but how can i make it show there message but not the @ symbol cause at the moment it shows like [IRC]Stunterz:@hello how can i make it say [IRC]Stunterz:hello
so it messes out saying the @
Please help, ty