MURPHY v. IRELAND JUDGMENT 1 In the case of Murphy v. Ireland, The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of Mr G. RESS, President, Mr L. CAFLISCH, Mr P. KŪRIS, Mr R. TÜRMEN, Mr B. ZUPANČIČ, Mr J. HEDIGAN, Mrs H.S. GREVE, judges, and Mr V. BERGER, Section Registrar, Having deliberated in private on 7 November 2002 and 19 June 2003, Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on the last-mentioned date: PROCEDURE 1. The case originated in an application (no. 44179/98) against Ireland lodged with the European Commission of Human Rights (“the Commission”) under former Article 25 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by an Irish national, Mr Roy Murphy (“the applicant”), on 31 July 1998. 2. The applicant was represented by Mr F.H. O'Reilly, a solicitor practising in Dublin. The Irish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms D. McQuade, of the Department of Foreign Affairs. 3. The applicant alleged that the prohibition of the broadcast of his advertisement pursuant to section 10(3) of the Radio and Television Act 1988 constituted a violation of his rights under Articles 9 and 10 of the Convention. 4. The application was transmitted to the Court on 1 November 1998, when Protocol No. 11 to the Convention came into force (Article 5 § 2 of Protocol No. 11). It was allocated to the Third Section of the Court (Rule 52 § 1 of the Rules of Court). Within that Section, the Chamber that would consider the case (Article 27 § 1 of the Convention) was constituted as provided in Rule 26 § 1. On 1 November 2001 the Court changed the composition of its Sections (Rule 25 § 1) and the present case was assigned to the newly composed Third Section (Rule 52 § 1). 5. The application was declared admissible on 9 July 2002 and the parties filed observations on the merits (Rule 59 § 1). 6. A hearing took place in public in the Human Rights Building, Strasbourg, on 7 November 2002 (Rule 59 § 3).