News reporter makes offensive remark about Irish people living in Sydney

Seriously.

News reporter Josh Massoud, who is based in Australia, has p*issed a lot of people off with a comment referring to Irish people who live in Sydney. Josh took to Twitter to show how the area of Coogee, which is a popular destination for Irish people in Sydney, had been devastated by storms over the weekend.

Coogee demolished over the weekend and for a pleasant change the Irish aren't to blame. @ Coogee… https://t.co/c7jUSREZll

— Josh Massoud (@josh_massoud) June 5, 2016

Spotted on JOE.ie, Josh shared an Instagram picture of how the area was "demolished" and remarked that for "a pleasant change the Irish aren't to blame".

A photo posted by Josh Massoud (@joshm1977) on Jun 5, 2016 at 3:24pm PDT

It's though that Coogee's Surf club, a local landmark suffered extensive damage after dangerous waves pulled part of the building into the ocean. Josh. who works for Australian network 7 news Sydney, has annoyed a lot of people with the comment and it's not hard to see why.

@josh_massoud stay classy!

You condone a tweet like this from your employees @7NewsSydney, do you? — Rob Smith (@robsmithireland) June 6, 2016

@josh_massoud Shame on you. As an Irish Australian this is offensive and unrelated to the news. If this is a joke you've missed the mark. — Fiona Barry (@fionab555) June 6, 2016

@josh_massoud That awkward moment when you're Irish and work for Channel 7 #LookingForwardToTomorrowsOpenForumMeeting

— Lorraine Murphy (@lorsmurphy) June 6, 2016

@josh_massoud Pull your head in mate, would u make similar inflammatory comments towards other nations? Ireland will be expecting an apology — Andrew Reilly (@Reillyhead32) June 6, 2016

@josh_massoud what a comment. U absolute lemon.

— Eugene Hutchinson (@eugenehutch) June 6, 2016

@josh_massoud Missing adverb Josh: the Irish get demolished IN Coogee.... — Andrew Brown (@abroninvestor) June 5, 2016

@josh_massoud considering your profession that was a poorly thought out comment. Please join the rest of us in the 21st century

— James Sweeney (@bejaysus33) June 6, 2016