RE: A need for IRBL? I seem to recall that Bill Stearns (the admin for the "ws" portion of www.surbl.org) sent out an offer for anyone interested in helping him with just such a project... but I think he was only going to do it if he could get a few people to help with it.
http://www.stearns.org/ You might want to contact him and compare notes and/or collaborate with him on this and combine your efforts. Rob McEwen PowerView Systems