crewboy
i seriously suggest having a good long look throught the many threads on this forum...Ryanair wilnot pay for any of your training - type rating included - infact no-one (except RAF) pays for the training, you either have to stump up cash in advance or you pay it back over several years via a "salary sacrifice" scheme once you start work.
I'm afraid you will have to expect to shell out many tens of thousands of pounds which ever way you decide to obtain the licence. Then you will have to join the queue of many seeking that first job.
Best of british...