The real story here is that the IRA is shooting at police again. With Brexit on the horizon and the backstop unsettled, it is not a good indicator of what is about to come.
At least in part because Easter is close.
The first time I went to the British Isles, security was on high alert everywhere. The IRA was active. And yet nobody ever once tried to refer to it as "Christianic terrorism".
The article indicate that the police were conducting raids as part of an investigation into reports the IRA had explosives and were planning a terrorist attack. That is why this is being linked to terrorism.
I know that. I read the article.
And I didn't question why it's linked to terrorism. I questioned why the OP leads off with the word "lesbian".