A Dungannon chiropractor purchased 612 bottles of Flora cooking oil after his wife ordered him to ‘get the oil in’ before it was too expensive to buy.

Eamonn McNally (52), who once won Mr Wrangler Jeans Dungannon in the 1990s, bought the oil after visiting 35 shops in the greater Dungannon area.

Mrs McNally did not greet the panic buy with the same enthusiasm as her husband expected:

“Another bollocks of a decision by himself again. Reminds me of the time I told him to buy toilet roll the time Covid was announced and he came home with one roll. Now he’s gone the other way, and got that wrong too.”

The McNallys finally got a delivery of 300L of home heating oil for £1000, but will attempt to recoup some of that by making 200 fry-ups for the community tomorrow for £5 a go, available from a table outside their house in Lisnahull.