LYNN GIBBS was aware of her own vulnerability to stress and took steps in her professional life to avoid it.

The 21-year-old Clare man who killed his sister with a hammer has been found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility by a jury in the Central Criminal Court yesterday.

A 21-year-old Clare man accused of murdering his 17 year-old sister was suffering from a mental disorder at the time of her killing, a jury in the Central Criminal Court was told today.