Niall how old are you - I suspect younger than me and the likes of
WWW. You have time.
In my opinion it is all about timing - deciding when it is best to go -the Gulf War totally screwed up my plans! Exchange rates are a biggie - you quote 10000Euro's - compare that to something like the South African Rand see
xe.com - best exchange convertor I've found - that's about 100K rand. Unfortunately the schools there seem closely linked to the US$, but if you paid up front you might save a bit. Check out
Progress flight academy who give a figure of ZAR70K for a CPL and 13K for a PPL. Here in NZ a PPL costs about NZ$6-8K - you'd get NZ$20K for you euros.
Don't jump in too quick - have a plan of what you are going to do and how you will survive. With a PPL here you can do Sky Dive flights and glider towing ratings are cheap too - think of all those hours you can build (and if your under 28 you can get a 1 year visa for about £30)