Decobake founders’ lengthy battle to save business comes to a bitter end

Paul Coyle, co-founder, DecobakeBarry Cronin

The founders of Decobake, a cake decoration equipment business, have failed in a long-running battle to halt the wind-up of the company.

Owners Paul Coyle and his wife Margaret have been waging a lengthy and sometimes colourful fight since 2017 against a wind-up order on foot of €102,000 debt to Dublin City Council in relation to unpaid rates going back to 2012.

There were fireworks at points during the appeal case hearing last ...