For many people the presentations of Charlie O'Neill, Mary Cloake and Mark Mortell during the Making the Public Case for the Arts session were the highlight of the conference.They set out what all of us need to do to argue for arts funding and the key messages we should stress.

At the closing session of the conference, Gavin Kostick announced that he was going to set up a Facebook group for his constituency and encourage resident arts workers to join.Sara Keating mentioned this in her report on the conference in The Irish Times.

Lots more people have now taken the initiative and created a group for their constituency - see below.

This means that when the time comes we will be able to demonstrate to councillors and TDs just how many arts workers live and vote in every constituency in Ireland. This is the first time something like this has been attempted.

There are currently 39 constituency Facebook groups as follows:

Remembers to join the group where you live and vote (this might be different to where you work) - if you are not on Facebook and wish to join you can email theatreforum@ireland.com and give your name, email and constituency.

Carlow/ Kilkenny - Set up by Philip Hardy, BarnstormThetare Company

Cavan/ Monaghan - Set up by Yvonne Cullivan, Artist

Clare - Set up by Sinead Cahill, Glor

Cork South Central - Set up by Eoin Ó Hannracháin, Clinic Media

Cork South West - Set up by Tony McCleane Fay, The Granary

Donegal North East set up by Daithi Ramsay, An Grianan Theatre

Donegal South West set up by Sandra McGloin

Dublin Central - Set up by Gavin Kostick, Fishamble: The New Play Company

Dublin Mid-West - Set up by Aoife Courtney, Ready Fire Aim

Dublin North - Set up by Gary Keegan, Brokentalkers

Dublin North Central set up by actor Christopher Samuel Carroll

Dublin North East - Set up by Olwen Grindley, Dance Artist

Dublin North West

Dublin South - Set up by Stephen Fallon, Mill Theatre

Dublin South Central

Dublin South East

Dublin South West

Dublin West

Dun Laoghaire

Galway East

Galway West

Kerry North

Kerry South

Kildare North

Kildare South

Laois/Offaly

Limerick East

Longford/Westmeath

Louth

Mayo

Meath East

Meath West

Roscommon South Leitrim

Sligo North Leitrim

Tipperary North

Tipperary South

Waterford

Wexford

Wicklow

There are 43 constituencies in total - would you like to set one up for your constituency? Irma or Tania in Theatre Forum would be happy to help if you need any assistance.

The constituencies that are missing are:

Cork East

Cork North Central

Cork North West

Limerick West