Ask.fm is not removing the anonymous function from its website, despite pressure from parents to do so.

The controversial site is moving its headquarters to Ireland after it was bought by Ask.com

A number of suicides - including those of Ciara Pugsley from Leitrim and Erin Gallagher from Donegal - have been linked to the site, which allows users to answer questions anonymously.

The Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan has previously said he was "concerned" over the plans to move the site here.

Mr Flanagan said the news was "a matter of concern" and he intended to raise it at Cabinet.

Jonathan Pugsley, the father of Ciara Pugsley, said that he was really disappointed about the move to Ireland.

"I can't believe that Ireland as a nation is prepared to accept the presence of these sort of companies here," he told the Irish Independent.

"This is a website which allows people to write whatever they want about whoever they wish online and protect the identity of those posting vile and horrible comments."

"You have to ask the question: Is this jobs at any cost? Where is Ireland's moral barometer?".

But the CEO of Ask.com, Doug Leeds, told the Ray D'Arcy Show on Today FM that users can choose not to have their questions answered anonymously.