Dancing With The Stars judge pulls out of Sunday's show following mother's passing

Loraine Barry has pulled out of Dancing With The Stars following the death of her mother Caroline.

The RTÉ personality shared the news earlier this week in an Instagram post with a picture of her mother with the words: "Our beautiful Mammy passed away this morning at 10.30am".

The caption simply read: "A Mother’s love is like no other …."

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Loraine told followers that she will not be appearing alongside her fellow judges Brian Redmond, Arthur Gourounlian and Karen Byrne on Sunday night.

Dancing With The Stars also shared that she would not appear on the programme this weekend.

In an Instagram story, the show stated: "RTÉ, Shinawil and all the cast and crew of Dancing With The Stars would like to extend their deepest sympathies to Loraine and her family on the passing of Loraine’s much adored Mam. May she in peace.

"In light of this sad news Loraine will not appear on the show tomorrow night. Brian, Arthur and Karen will judge the remaining ten contestants’ performances for Movie Week."