BACK IN 2015, Mullingar man Brian Nooney was living in Australia and realised that his new home couldn’t enjoy one of the finest comfort foods known to Ireland:

The Birds Eye potato waffle.

So, he set up a Facebook page with a simple mission – show Birds Eye that enough people want waffles down under and maybe they might start stocking them.

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And, madly enough, it worked.

Nearly two years of glorious potato waffle-based meals for Irish people in Australia have passed blissfully by – until late last month when members of the group started noticing that they had seen loads of waffles being sold off at ‘reduced to clear’ rates.

The writing was on the wall.

So last week this brave soul reached out to Birds Eye and got the news nobody wanted to hear

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Devastating.

The Birdseye Potato Waffles Fans Australia page announced the news that they would soon be gone from shops

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They wrote:

It’s official, Birdseye Potato Waffles are leaving Australia. Thanks everyone for sharing your photos and generally being legends. It was great while it lasted.

*wipes single tear away*

But it’s only when people’s backs are against the wall that they come out fighting – and the Irish down under have been stockpiling all the remaining waffles.

Like this mam who just bought 1300 boxes

Tizzie Hall – originally from Dublin – lives in Victoria and has no qualms about the need to stock up, telling DailyEdge.ie:

We bought 1300 but I could eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner and my lads love them too. I tell you what if Kerrygold gets pulled from the Australian market I’ll be heading home.

Darragh, Cillian and Ciarán are only delighted to have such a haul of waffles that will do them for a long time to come

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It’s the waffle apocalypse, you have to be prepared.

Brian, who runs the Facebook page, tells DailyEdge.ie that his announcement of their demise has blown up:

Some of the comments are pretty hilarious. In my post saying it was official some people also posted pics of them stocking up. With the change in citizenship requirements and the announcement in the change of the 457 visa it was a bad week for the Irish in Australia when it was announced.

People have been talking about making their own.

While there have been sightings of other people buying big batches to get them through this tough time

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But as the decision to discontinue them is final, so over the next few weeks the race is on to stockpile as many as your freezer can handle.

And the Irish look to be winning.

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