GARDAÍ are searching for a gang that stole thousands of euro worth of designer clothes and tableware from a warehouse in Co Cork.

Heavyweight rocker Meat Loaf was humiliated when he was younger by a Levi's commercial that poked fun at people who couldn't fit into their jeans.

Gardaí today smashed what they believe was an international counterfeit clothing racket.

Tesco and Levi Strauss have drawn a line under their legal wrangle over cut-price jeans by striking a new trading agreement, it emerged today.

YOU heard it through the grapevine ... iconic clothing firm Levi Strauss has finally shrunk out of the US, with the closure of its last American plants.

Levi Strauss is to close its last manufacturing plants in the United States and Canada, axeing nearly 2,000 jobs, the struggling jeans maker has confirmed.

Stars including Elvis Costello paid tribute today to country music legend Johnny Cash, who has died at the age of 71.

The UK’s biggest mortgage lender Halifax launched a Pop Idol-style competition to find two bands for its latest advert, it emerged today.

A commercial for Wrigley’s chewing gum that features a dog crawling out of a man’s mouth has become the most complained-about advert of all time in the UK.

CUSTOM officers have claimed another success in their crackdown on counterfeit goods following the seizure of €300,000 worth of fake designer clothes.

Gardaí in Dublin have released details of a seizure of counterfeit clothing and electrical goods.

TWO stowaways who were found dead in the undercarriage of a plane at Heathrow Airport were boys as young as 12-years-old, it was revealed yesterday.

CUT-PRICE designer brands will continue to be stocked on Irish shelves despite a court decision not to allow Tesco in Britain to sell Levi jeans imported from outside Europe.

UK supermarket chains Tesco PLC and Costco lost their latest legal battle to sell cheap Levi jeans in the UK.

Levi Strauss & Co has produced a second-quarter loss of $81m (€83m), marking the first time the company has lost money in three years.

US clothing company Levi Strauss is to lay off 3,600 workers by closing six of its eight plants in the United States in an effort to boost profits.

The London market is hovering just under its opening mark as it waits to see whether Wall Street's rally continues.

Levi Strauss has won a legal battle with Tesco in the European Court of Justice over the store group's policy of selling cut-price designer goods in the UK.

Tesco says it's confident of victory on Tuesday in in its long-running jeans war with Levis.

Jeans manufacturer Levi Strauss is to recall its new ‘‘glossy finish’’ garments due to health fears.

Tesco today claimed victory in the battle to sell cut-price designer-label goods in its supermarkets.

The battle over supermarket sales of designer goods without the makers consent raged on today as a European court judge said the row should be resolved by national courts.

Lawyers for Tesco are heading for Luxembourg in preparation for a legal battle with Levi jeans at the European Court of Justice.