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title: IBYE Get Started | Microfinance Ireland
description: Register your interest in applying for a Microfinance Ireland Small Business Loan. Once registered we will send you all the documents you need.
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### If you have entered Ireland's Best Young Entrepreneur competition and you're looking for a business loan of up to €25,000 then you've come to the right place.

**In order to be eligible for a  business loan, you need to have:**

- **a commercially-viable business proposal**
- **less than 10 full-time employees**
- **annual turnover of less than €2million**
- **be creating at least one fulltime job (for you or for somebody else)**
- **have entered the IBYE Competition 2019**

## **Register your interest now and we will be in touch with you shortly about making an application.**

### Register Here

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