Welcome to Part 1 of the LIVE podcast. This is a two-part podcast series about Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in research. In this episode, we will hear from the individuals involved in the IDEAs study which is being conducted in the School of Public Health, University College Cork. The aim of the study is to develop and test the feasibility of an intervention to Improve Diabetes Eye-screening Attendance. These individuals will tell us about how they are using their experiences of diabetes to inform and shape the research being conducted.