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RTE Dancing With The Stars judge Arthur Gourounlian was moved to tears by Joanna Donnelly’s touching tribute to Pomegranate, a charity close to her heart.

Arthur has two children with his husband, Brian Dowling, who were delivered to them via surrogacy by Brian’s sister Aoife.

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Arthur Gourounlian fought back tears on Dancing With The Stars tonight[/caption]

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Joanna Donnelly’s performance was dedicated to a cause close to Arthur’s heart[/caption]

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Joanna’s dance was dedicated to the charity Pomegranate[/caption]

Tonight was dedication night on Dancing With The Stars, and RTÉ weatherwoman Joanna Donnelly dedicated her dance to the charity Pomegranate.

Pomegranate helps families to pay for fertility treatment.

For the dance, the 54-year-old performed an elegant Tango to the song Dreams by The Cranberries.

After finishing her dance, making her way over to the judges, Joanna was visibly emotional as she wiped her tears off her face.

Also moved by the performance was Arthur Gourounlian.

Joanna’s choice of charity is a cause very close to the heart of Arthur’s as both of his kids were delivered via surrogacy.

Fighting back tears, Arthur gushed: “Joanna, this truly touched me. Sorry, yeah, and I can still relate to this story; your passion for wanting to help and build families.

“I actually saw through your steps, the tango everything, you know, it was beautiful. I finally got told was beautiful…”

Arthur apologised as he tried his best to contain his tears, as the audience began to clap in a sign of support.

He continued: “You need to remember that everything is possible. Dreams can come true, and no matter what, you should never give up on your dreams. Keep believing and keep dreaming.”

The remainder of the judges were blown away by their performance and gave them glowing reviews.

Brian Redmond rejoiced: “I think you need to brace yourself just a little bit, because I have to say, I think that’s probably the best I’ve seen you dance…

“This is what it’s about. It’s about improving and progressing. And there’s no doubt about it, you are improving week on week level.”

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Karen Byrne, also moved by the performance, assured Joanna that she did her dedication justice: “I’m sure Noah and all the families that you helped would be so proud of you tonight.

“Like Brian said, you are getting better every week, and that’s what the show is. It’s about progression, and after that dance, you should be very proud of yourself. It was beautiful.”

To round off the judges views, Lorraine Barry said: “I know that music is soft and that’s where that emotion comes out, but at the same time, the frustration sometimes of what people are going through, I would like to see a little bit more of that drama, just to add a little bit more to it, but saying that it was still a great dance for you. keep it up.”

Joanna finished tonight with her highest ever score from the judges receiving an impressive 24.

After hearing the judge’s critiques Joanna told viewers how much the charity means to her.

She explained: “For me, it was always important to use my voice to advocate for other people, and it’s very, very personal, intimate, silent struggle.

“People tend to not talk about it, and that’s their right to be private. But I wanted to give them the voice should they want to use it, and the access to the knowledge that there are so many more people that are going through that I loved the dance.

“I thought I was so touched that somebody could could find those movements and those steps and everything.”

WHY on Earth has Unai Emery taken a massive gamble to land damaged goods in the shape of Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford?

Because the Aston Villa boss loves bringing out the best in players  and rehabilitating those who are seemingly lost causes.

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Marcus Rashford is close to completing a loan transfer to Aston Villa[/caption]

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Unai Emery has a special plan to revive the England international[/caption]

It is why Emery was so keen to target tainted forward Rashford.

And it is why he has also snapped up former Real Madrid star Marco Asensio, whose career was on a similar downward spiral at Paris Saint-Germain.

Bombed out at Manchester United after boss Ruben Amorim accused him of not training hard enough, Rashford has made a smart choice in joining Villa to work with Emery.

If the Spaniard could get the best out of madcap Colombian striker Jhon Duran, he surely stands a chance of changing Rashford’s fortunes.

Despite Duran’s public flirting with Chelsea and West Ham, his tantrums and timekeeping — regularly turning up late for training — Emery turned the petulant youngster from a raw £14.75m transfer punt into a £70m asset in the space of two years.

Talking about Villa’s interest in Chelsea star Joao Felix and attacker Asensio this week, Villa’s transfer chief Monchi revealed: “Emery has been able to recover players who were considered lost.

“If there is a coach in European or even world football who is characterised by recovering players and getting the most out of them, it’s Unai Emery.”

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Emery also wanted to bring in Blues outcast Axel Disasi, but Chelsea have so far not wanted to do business with another club challenging for Europe.

The sale of Duran, 21, to Cristiano Ronaldo’s Saudi club Al-Nassr on Friday enabled Villa to afford the £400,000-a-week combined wages of Rashford and Asensio.

The challenge for the pair, Rashford in particular, will be to put in the effort that workaholic Emery demands.

As Villa skipper John McGinn put it: “We have to focus on football for 75 per cent of our life. You have to go to sleep thinking about football.”

If Rashford cannot get on board, United can forget about Emery triggering the £40m buyout clause for the forward.

Philippe Coutinho, the last fallen superstar signed by Villa, played for six months under Emery but did not show enough desire and was quickly shipped out on loan to Al-Duhail in Qatar — and has spent this season at  Vasco da Gama in Brazil.

But those willing to graft have reaped the rewards of Emery’s intensity, with almost every Villa player having improved under the four-time Europa League winner.

Defender Ezri Konsa and striker Ollie Watkins are now regular England internationals while midfielder McGinn has his mojo back after looking a shadow of himself under former boss Steven Gerrard.

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Lucas Digne,  Youri Tielemans, Jacob Ramsey and Morgan Rogers have also been transformed at a club playing in the Champions League for the first time.

Rashford can expect the same tough love which took Watkins’ game to the next level.

Emery showed Watkins clips of the previous strikers he worked with, such as Carlos Bacca and Edinson Cavani, highlighting their movement between the posts.

He then showed him his own movement and pointed out he was wasting energy running into the channels.

Crucially, Emery also reminds players how good they are — but how much better they must be to meet his standards.

Rashford will spend hours in detailed analysis meetings, studying his own game and his opponents’ weaknesses.

He will also work on a one-to-one basis with individual player coach Rodri — the Spanish coach Watkins credits for his improvement.

Rashford will be sick of hearing Emery’s buzzwords — ‘consistency’ and ‘demanding’ — while Rodri will push him towards his gaffer’s gold standards.

There are no half measures under Emery; the United misfit will either shape up or ship out.

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