As OSMC user why command alias is not working

I am using LIRC a lot and I want to edit .bashrc to create alias for stopping the daemon.
I am getting error

here is the alias

alias lircs = ’ sudo systemctl stop lircd_helper@lirc0’

And here is the error

-bash: alias: lircs: not found
-bash: alias: =: not found
-bash: alias:sudo systemctl stop lircd_helper@lirc0: not found

And here what I did inside .bashrc

some more ls aliases

#alias la=‘ls -A’
#alias l=‘ls -CF’
alias lcs = ‘sudo systemctl status lircd_helper@lirc0’

My guess would be spaces in between.

Thank you and have a wonderful new year

Same to you! Did my hint resolve your issue?