IE THE ECHO LIVE NEWS EOIN ENGLISH 16/07/2021. Mel Nolan (left) and Denis Collins, team manager, at Cork County Hall on the Carrigrohane (Straight) Road, Cork, on the 40th. anniversary of Mel breaking the Irish Landspeed Record and the World 1,000cc. Flying Mile Record on the same day with the National Aluminium Turbo Honda Special. Picture Denis Minihane.