Olympic medallist Michael Conlan among Irish finals hopefuls Olympic bronze medallist Michael Conlan will be among the Ulster fighters aiming for Irish Elite titles at Friday's finals night in Dublin. Conlan will be aiming for his third straight Irish title when he takes on Chris Phelan in the flyweight final. Paddy Barnes missed the championships because of injury but Cairn Lodge's TJ Waite will be involved in the light-fly final against Ryston's Hugh Myres. Katie Taylor will make her return to the ring in a support bout. The Olympic lightweight champion will take on Poland's Karolina Grazcyk at the National Stadium before facing German champion Maike Kluners at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre in Dublin on Sunday evening. The 26-year-old from Bray in County Wicklow beat Graczyk in the final of the 2011 European Union Championships. Earlier, this month Taylor was angered when it was revealed that this year's planned European Championships, scheduled to take place in Ireland, had been postponed until 2014, with her father and coach Peter complaining about several months of "wasted training." Conlan has beaten Phelan in two previous contests and will be expected to retain his flyweight title. Olympic women's gold medallist Katie Taylor is excited by the prospect of returning to action Waite impressed in his 18-10 semi-final light-fly win over Stephen Treacy but will face a tough task in the decider against Myres who pushed Barnes to a 21-17 verdict in last year's final. Holy Trinity's Sean McComb will hope to win the lightweight title after surprising Eric Donovan in the semi-finals. However, his final opponent George Bates defeated four-times Irish champion David Oliver Joyce in the other semi-final so a tight battle looks on the cards. Donegalman Willie McLaughlin takes on London Olympian and Katie Taylor's regular training partner Adam Nolan in the welterweight final. McLaughlin defeated Beijing Olympian John Joe Joyce in the semi-finals but Nolan will be aiming for his third successive Irish title at the weight. Finn Valley's Jason Quigley is another Donegal finalist after surprising London Olympian Darren O'Neill in the preliminary round. Quigley takes on experienced Roy Sheehan in the middleweight decider. Commonwealth Games silver medallist Tommy McCarthy will be defending his heavyweight title against Drimnagh's Jimmy Sweeney and the Belfastman goes into the contest as favourite. Of the bouts with no Ulster representation, the big one will be Joe Ward's light-heavyweight tussle with 10-times Irish champion and Beijing Olympics silver medallist Kenneth Egan. European champion Ward has defeated Egan in the last two Irish finals and will be fancied to complete a three-in-a-row. Light-flyweight: Hugh Myres (Ryston) v TJ Waite (Cairn Lodge) Women's Featherweight: Michaela Walsh (Holy Family) v Joanna Lambe (Carrickmacross) Flyweight: Michael Conlan (St John Bosco) v Chris Phelan (Ryston) Light-welter: Ross Hickey (Grangecon) v Ray Moylette (St Anne's) Bantamweight: Declan Geraghty (Crumlin) v Gary McKenna (Old School) Lightweight: Sean McComb (Holy Trinity) v George Bates (St Mary's) Middleweight: Jason Quigley (Finn Valley) v Roy Sheahan (St Michael's Athy) Heavyweight: Tommy McCarthy (Oliver Plunkett) v Jimmy Sweeney (Drimnagh) Light-heavyweight: Joe Ward (Moate) v Ken Egan (Neilstown) Women's Lightweight support bout: Katie Taylor v Karolina Grazcyk Welterweight: Adam Nolan (Bray) v Willie McLaughlin (Illies GG) Bantamweight: Michelle Lynch (Golden Gloves) v Dervla Duffy (Ryston) Light-welterweight: Sarah Close (Holy Family) v Kelly Harrington (Corinthians) Super-heavyweight: Sean Turner (Drimnagh) v Niall Kennedy Gorey)