Cabhair[1] ([koːɾʲ] or[ˈkaɯ̯ɪɾʲ];lit. 'help, assistance') is an organisation which supportsContinuity IRA prisoners.[2]
The organisation was founded in early 1987 following the 1986 split in the republican movement in whichRepublican Sinn Féin and the Continuity IRA broke away from theProvisional IRA andSinn Féin. It claims to be "solely dependent" on those who donate to it.[3]
In March 2017 Cabhair andRepublican Sinn Féin who have been described as the political wing of the Continuity IRA and theIRPWA became involved within a dispute. They accused the IRPWA of poaching for members after they "bullied" a prisoner supported by Cabhair and he refused to be a part of the IRPWA.[4]
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