The Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association (IRPWA) is an

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organisation which supports republican prisoners. It has ties with the political party Saoradh and the 32 County Sovereignty Movement. In May 2016 an unknown member of the IRPWA interrupted a ceremony to commemorate British soldiers who were killed during the

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. In response the Canadian ambassador to Ireland Kevin Vickers grabbed him and dragged him away. The event gained international attention. In October 2016 the DUP criticised the organisation saying it was promoting violence due to a

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at an IRPWA office saying "unfinished revolution" with two republican paramilitaries.

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{{reflist Irish republican organisations