diff --git a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
index 4297bf809c..20652c6037 100644
--- a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 .mx_EventTile .mx_MessageTimestamp {
     display: block;
+    visibility: hidden;
     white-space: nowrap;
     left: 0px;
     text-align: center;
@@ -158,10 +159,16 @@ limitations under the License.
 }
 
 // Explicit relationships so that it doesn't apply to nested EventTile components (e.g in Replies)
+// The first set is to handle the 'group layout' (default) and the second for the IRC layout
 .mx_EventTile_last > div > a > .mx_MessageTimestamp,
 .mx_EventTile:hover > div > a > .mx_MessageTimestamp,
 .mx_EventTile.mx_EventTile_actionBarFocused > div > a > .mx_MessageTimestamp,
-.mx_EventTile.focus-visible:focus-within > div > a > .mx_MessageTimestamp {
+.mx_EventTile.focus-visible:focus-within > div > a > .mx_MessageTimestamp,
+
+.mx_IRCLayout .mx_EventTile_last > a > .mx_MessageTimestamp,
+.mx_IRCLayout .mx_EventTile:hover > a > .mx_MessageTimestamp,
+.mx_IRCLayout .mx_EventTile.mx_EventTile_actionBarFocused > a > .mx_MessageTimestamp,
+.mx_IRCLayout .mx_EventTile.focus-visible:focus-within > a > .mx_MessageTimestamp {
     visibility: visible;
 }
 
diff --git a/res/css/views/rooms/_GroupLayout.scss b/res/css/views/rooms/_GroupLayout.scss
index 40440f7d49..928ea75a79 100644
--- a/res/css/views/rooms/_GroupLayout.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/rooms/_GroupLayout.scss
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ $left-gutter: 65px;
         }
 
         .mx_MessageTimestamp {
-            visibility: hidden;
             position: absolute;
             width: 46px; /* 8 + 30 (avatar) + 8 */
         }