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Fri 08 Aug 2003Ballsbridge restaurant could be source of E coli infection outbreakOne of Dublin's best-known restaurants has temporarily closed after being identified as the possible source of an outbreak of the potentially fatal E coli O157 infection.O'Connell's Restaurant, at Bewley's Hotel, Ballsbridge, voluntarily closed its doors late on Wednesday. An investigation was under way at the premises yesterday, as public-health and disease-control officials tried to identify the source of the disease.