Hi,
I wll finish exams in April and am thinking of doing the hour building and Me rating possibly in States, doing my Multi IR in Ireland( I live here) and then doing CPL, which will then be reduced to 15hrs of training. That's the rough plan for now.
If you do a quick search I put up this topic a few weeks ago and got some good advice, under heading of ME/Ir before CPL.
good luck...ps I wish my exams were finished!!!!!