Originally Posted by
gpb_croppers63
That is a point but I know for a fact that the biometrics were set up as the aforementioned friend was flying to Belfast from T1 the day before me and got through without any problems including having his photo taken.
You're right about the biometrics being a crazy setup but hopefully it'll be much better in T2 than the current setup in T1. I'm looking forward to finding out in September when I next fly to Ireland on EI.

The setup in T2 is more like T5, where the photo check will be by the gate, you won't have to pass through to a segregated area.