GLASGOW'S Lord Provost is to travel to Germany to attend a Burns Supper - weeks after it was revealed she had opted not to host an event in the city.

The Evening Times can reveal Lord Provost Eva Bolander will attend a dinner celebrating the life of Robert Burns in Nuremberg tonight.

It comes after the councillor caused outrage across city when she announced she would not host the annual dinner in honour of the Bard in Glasgow this year.

Opposition councillors have hit out at the move, branding it "a shame".

Cllr Martin McElroy told the Evening Times: "It's surprising that a city in Germany can organise a Burns Supper but Glasgow can't.

"I hope the Lord Provost enjoys herself, and gives a toast to the Bard, it's just a shame we can't do the same in our own city."

While Cllr Paul Carey added: "I am absolutely astonished. Obviously I understand the ties we have in Nuremberg but it beggars belief as to why she has cancelled the Burns Supper this year, which would have helped local charities, in favour of flying out to attend a Burns Supper in another country which is not going to benefit any of our charities.”

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A spokeswoman for Glasgow City Council said: “The Lord Provost’s Burns Supper was proving increasingly difficult to sustain. Each year it was raising less and less money as support from corporate groups dwindled. The Lord Provost remains committed to raising funds for charitable causes at home and abroad. Her recent festive appeal for toys and food saw vulnerable individuals, including children, receive help across the city. A successful coffee morning also raised thousands of pounds for the Macmillan Cancer charity and later this year the Lord Provost will host a charity lunch in support of her office’s Malawi Fund.

“We are reviewing the Burns Supper as an event and considering holding it every two years. However, this can only happen if there is sufficient support. International city-to-city links like our long-standing twinning with Nuremberg, are increasingly vital for our social and economic vitality and well-being. We’ve been sending the Lord Provost and her representatives to this event for more than 30 years. It’s entirely appropriate that the Lord Provost of Scotland’s biggest city should forge and improve links with existing and new friends on continental Europe and continue to promote Glasgow as an international, outward-looking city.

“Meanwhile, the Lord Provost will continue to celebrate the life and legacy of the Bard by leading the Glasgow and District Burns Association’s wreath laying at the statue of Burns in George Square and accepting an invitation to the City of Glasgow College’s Burns Supper.”